Double lumen tubing design for catheter
US5795326A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0023
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A double lumen tubing which is adapted for use as a catheter. Both lumens of the double lumen tubing have equal cross-sectional areas to provide equivalent flow volumes through each lumen. The lumen wall which divides the outer tubular wall into the two lumens has a central arcuate portion which is shaped to allow insertion of relatively large guidewires through the lumen while at the same time maintaining equivalent cross-sectional areas for each lumen. Resistance to kinking is increased by varying external diameters of each lumen to increase the wall thickness of the tubing in selected areas and by varying the thickness of the wall that divides both lumens at the two joints where the wall meets the tubular wall.
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