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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:
Feb. 02, 1988
Filed:
May. 11, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip N Sawyer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Joseph F Fitzgerald, Queens, NY (US);
Assignee:
Interface Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 27 ; 604122 ; 604 44 ; 604167 ;
Abstract
Methods for preventing the introduction of air into the vascular system of a patient during intravenous or intraarterial procedures, as well as for preventing the reflex of fluids into the body of a patient. Also, novel fluid directing means and catheters which include integal or attached fluid flow control means for use in these methods.