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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Siddarth K. Shevgoor, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Bryan Fred Bihlmaier, Provo, UT (US);
Austin Jason McKinnon, Herriman, UT (US);
Chad M. Adams, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A catheter having a catheter body with a lumen and a distal lumen opening. The catheter's lumen extends through the catheter body along a longitudinal axis of the catheter body. A hole is formed through a wall of a distal portion of the catheter body. A portion of the proximal surface of the hole is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body. The acute angle of the proximal hole surface opens proximally with respect to the catheter body.