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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. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee Hibbs, St. Louis, MO (US);
Yue-teh Jang, Houston, TX (US);
Vern Liebmann, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dennis Spinks, Angleton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604164 ; 604264 ; 604265 ; 604280 ;
Abstract
A catheter introducer has a tubular sheath with a relatively rigid tubular body and a soft flexible tubular tip for reducing sheath buckling tendencies.