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Device for putting a catheter tube into place in a vein

US6579264B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 2000
Grant dateJun 17, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M25/0668
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for installing a catheter tube in a vein by the Seldinger method, once the device has been inserted, has a tubular cylindrical sheath, with a slot running its entire length, mounted on a dilator tube. A cylindrical main portion of the sheath terminates at a distal end edge which flares forwardly and is adjacent a shoulder of the dilator tube for enabling the dilator tube to be withdrawn through the sheath.

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