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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. 23, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stuart M Greengrass, Magna, GB;
Assignee:
Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd, Southend-on-Sea, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128343 ; 1283481 ; 128341 ;
Abstract
The dilator has a central bore for a guide wire and a flexible distal portion merging continuously with an intermediate portion of constant cross-section. A proximal portion is convex in profile and merges continuously with the intermediate portion. The distal portion comprises a hemispherical tip followed by a conical section, a concave section and a convex section, respectively. The dilator is primarily for dilating oesophageal strictures when used in conjunction with an endoscope to place the guide wire and is urged along the wire using a threadably engaged insertion rod.