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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., West Jordan, UT (US);
Inventor:
Harrison M. Lazarus, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 27/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0019 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01); A61M 2209/10 (2013.01); A61M 2210/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A body cavity drainage device placement tool for placing a body cavity drainage tube at least partially within a body cavity of a patient. The body cavity drainage device includes a shaft, a handle attached to or integral with a proximal end of the shaft, and a distal end of the shaft sized and configured for insertion through a lateral opening of the body cavity drainage tube and at least partially through a central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube to proximate a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube. Methods relate to using a body cavity drainage device placement tool.