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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:
Mar. 25, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack L Harms, Mundelein, IL (US);
Charles H Seberg, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1282144 ; 128D / ;
Abstract
A needle-inside, catheter placement assembly including a needle and a catheter unit comprising a catheter, winged catheter insertion means, flexible tubing and tube hub, wherein an area of reduced thickness on each wing of the insertion means provides improved flexibility for the wing and the needle is captured within the winged catheter insertion means when the wings are simultaneously held in a vertical position.