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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Rossi, Meriel, FR;
Assignee:
Vygon, Ecouen, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/506 ;
Abstract
A device for installing a catheter tube in a vein by the Seldinger method, once the device has been inserted, has a tubular cylindrical sheath, with a slot running its entire length, mounted on a dilator tube. A cylindrical main portion of the sheath terminates at a distal end edge which flares forwardly and is adjacent a shoulder of the dilator tube for enabling the dilator tube to be withdrawn through the sheath.