Rotate-to-advance catheterization system
US8377041B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/006
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system of rotate-to-advance medical devices including catheters, dilators, occluders, stents, suprapubic catheters and camera introducers configured with external screw threads and depending substantially on rotation for means of advancement and emplacement in mammalian genitourinary and gastrointestinal passages and organs.
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