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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:
Aug. 16, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Dalessandro, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
George G Sanderson, Clark, NJ (US);
John S Kula, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 96 ; 606194 ;
Abstract
A catheter is provided, adapted to be delivered to a situs in a body passageway by being contained within a sheath. The distal end of the catheter comprises an enlargement which precludes unintended distal motion of the sheath relative to the catheter.