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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:
Apr. 23, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald A Raible, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bentley Laboratories, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-8 ; 604175 ; 604905 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A body implantable connector to replace a portion of a patient's body fluid or solid carrying conduit and to connect this body conduit to a vascular implant device in order to provide access to the body conduit external from the body. The connector includes a tubular member expanded along its length in order to form a bulbous portion; a side port is provided for connection to the vascular implant device at the approximate midpoint of the tubular member bulbous portion.