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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1991
Zbylut J Twardowski, Columbia, MO (US);
Ramesh Khanna, Columbia, MO (US);
W Kirt Nichols, Columbia, MO (US);
Karl D Nolph, Columbia, MO (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
A peritoneal dialysis catheter comprises a distal tubular section and a proximal tubular section, connected together by a nonintegral tubular connector so that the respective sections are connected together in sealed flow relation. Such a catheter may be surgically implanted in the peritoneal cavity, extending to the chest of the patient with an end thereof protruding from the chest. The respective ends of the catheter section may be connected to each other through the tubular connector as the tubular sections are surgically implanted, and typically after such implantation is substantially complete.