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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:
Oct. 28, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard Beroff, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1282144 ; 128348 ;
Abstract
A hub device particularly suitable for use in a catheter placement unit which includes a catheter tube for insertion into a patient. The hub comprises a body with a passageway therethrough for the passage of the catheter tube, and includes a thin-walled, pierceable annular flange integrally formed on one end of the body. This flange is adapted to be pierced for suturing the hub to a patient and thereby anchor the same in place.