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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. 17, 1995
Filed:
May. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy A Abrahamson, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard K Sommercorn, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Quinton Instrument Company, Bothell, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604170 ; 604282 ; 128657 ;
Abstract
A catheter assembly including a wire stiffener or a dilator and modified wire stiffener which are used in combination to assist in the insertion of a relatively soft catheter into the patient wherein the wire stiffener temporarily stiffens the catheter and the modified wire stiffener temporarily stiffens the dilator for insertion of the combined wire stiffener and dilator into the catheter. The catheter preferably includes one or more lumens therein and includes an end opening and one or more side openings thereon.