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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2020
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Rapidly insertable central catheters ('RICC') and methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a RICC includes a catheter tube, a suture wing disposed over a medial portion of the catheter tube, a hub coupled to a proximal-end portion of the catheter tube, and a number of extension legs extending from the hub. The catheter tube can include a first section in a distal portion of the catheter tube formed of a first polymeric material having a first durometer. The catheter tube can also include a second section proximal of the first section of the catheter tube formed of a second polymeric material having a second durometer less than the first durometer. The catheter tube can have a column strength sufficient to prevent buckling of the catheter tube when inserted into an insertion site and advanced through a vasculature of a patient without use of the Seldinger technique.