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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Christopher T. Davey, Boston, MA (US);
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A “slip” hub design is used with catheters to reduce flexure motion at the hub to catheter shaft connection. The design includes a hub having a section of reduced diameter and having a longitudinal axis extending along the length of the hub. The reduced diameter section has a first length. The design also includes a suture wing component having a first portion with a lumen. Wings extend from the first portion, and in use are sutured to the skin of a patient, or to an anchoring device that is secured to the skin of a patient. The lumen has a second length that is less than the first length. The reduced diameter section of the hub is disposed within the lumen such that the axis extends through the lumen and such that the hub and the suture wing component are movable relative to each other both axially along the axis and rotationally about the axis.