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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Ronald B Luther, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Charles W Dickerson, Tustin, CA (US);
Roddy JH. Clarke, Altharetta, GA (US);
Luther Medical Products, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter comprising a flexible proximal portion and a rigid distal portion having a beveled needle tip. The beveled tip overcomes coring of a barrier such as a septum of an implanted percutaneous drug delivery port when the needle tip passes therethrough for ultimate insertion of the catheter within the port. The invention also includes a catheter assembly incorporating the above-defined catheter along with a hand-operable implantation grip having a stylet member extending into the catheter and two opposing parallel finger members adjacent the catheter therebetween for holding the catheter during introduction thereof into an implanted percutaneous drug delivery port. The invention additionally includes methodology for catheterizing a percutaneous drug delivery port implanted in a living being through utilization of the catheter assembly and manually manipulating the grip thereof to insert the catheter tip into the port for long term implantation.