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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Don M Killman, Irving, TX (US);
Thomas P Robinson, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1282144 ; 128221 ;
Abstract
An obturator plug is provided with a thin circumferential deformable sealing skirt integrally formed on and protruding from the plug, engaging the inwardly facing wall of a female catheter fitting to form an improved obturator-catheter assembly having a catheter secured to its proximal end in a female catheter fitting and receiving an obturator having a shaft secured to a plug, the obturator plug including locking means engaging a predetermined portion of the female catheter fitting to lock the plug to the fitting after a specific degree of insertion of the plug into the fitting.