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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
David M. Cise, Herriman, UT (US);
V. Roland Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Rick D. Lorenzen, Battle Creek, IA (US);
Ballard Medical Products, Draper, UT (US);
Abstract
A flexible multiple port adaptor has an adaptor body which includes a distal portion defining a distal channel and a proximal portion defining a first proximal channel and a second proximal channel. As least one of the first and second proximal channels is normally disposed out of alignment with the distal channel. However, because the adaptor body is flexible, the adaptor body may be manipulated so that channel(s) which are out of alignment with the distal channel may be placed into alignment with the distal channel so that a medical instrument can be advanced through the channels without bending the medical instrument.