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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:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James B Prichard, St. Peters, MO (US);
Raymond O Bodicky, Oakville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Sherwood Medical Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604281 ; 604283 ;
Abstract
A catheter is disclosed which includes a mechanical connection between the strain relief thereof and the hub. The strain relief operates both to secure the catheter tube to the hub and to provide strain relief for the catheter tube. The strain relief connection is assisted in gripping the catheter tube by intentional overstressing of the catheter hub during manufacture thereof to expand the hub wall and generate residual hoop stresses therein which assist in securing the catheter tube within the hub.