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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Schwager, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
Schneider (Europe) A. G., Bulach, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 ;
Abstract
The medical appliance has an elongated tubular shaft with a lumen extending therethrough and slots in the distal area for pressure medium entry into the lumen. A stiffening means in the form of an independent wire extends through the lumen with its proximal area extending proximally of the shaft. The proximal area of shaft is affixed to a luer-lock comprising a housing with an inner cavity and a distal end forming a muff fixedly and tightly sealed on the proximal end of the shaft.