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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles C Reed, Houston, TX (US);
Denton A Cooley, Houston, TX (US);
Russell G Sharp, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Medical Products, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128347 ; 1282 / ; 128221 ; 128276 ;
Abstract
A device for aspirating air emboli from a blood vessel (e.g. the aorta during open-heart surgery), the aspirating device having a hollow cannula with radially spaced openings for aspirating air and bending angularly mid-length to permit aspiration of air emboli while maintaining the device generally flat against the exposed patient surface. A hub comprising part of the device is constructed to provide a dual coupling presenting both male and female attachment sites.