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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert B. Schock, Sparta, NJ (US);
Manuel Marques, Clifton, NJ (US);
Frank Frisch, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Jeffrey McGinley, Lincoln Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Datascope Investment Corp., Montvale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ; A61M 5/178 ; A61M 2/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ; A61M 5/178 ; A61M 2/516 ;
Abstract
A protective sleeve for a catheter having a distal end capable of (i) being disposed within and engaging a majority of existing hemostatic valves; and (ii) capable of being partially inserted into a patient, thus, securing the sleeve to the patient in a sheathless catheter insertion procedure.