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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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David G Quinn, Grayslake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Radius International Limited Partnership, Grayslake, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 93 ; 604174 ; 604500 ;
Abstract
A corporeal access assembly including a tube segment having a body formed of silicone rubber and containing a coil spring embedded therein. The silicone rubber has a low durometer hardness of about 35 on the A scale. The tube segments have relatively large diameter liquid flow passages therethrough for all French sizes, from 12Fr to 24Fr. The body wall thickness for all French sizes remains the same. An air lumen is provided in one embodiment of the tube segment, with a set connector attached which has a removable plug for blocking or opening an air passage to a retention balloon.