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Apparatus for flushing a vascular catheter

US6117102A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1998
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M39/225
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for flushing a vascular catheter. Inlet and outlet passages extending from inlet and outlet ports, respectively, are selectably in communication with one another via a manually operable member cooperating with a sealing member and biased toward a closed position. Mechanisms for continuously and periodically flushing the catheter are incorporated.

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