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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhiro Hiejima, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 ;
Abstract
An indwelling needle of the present invention comprises a flexible cover needle, a fixing wing externally fitted and fixed on a distal end of the cover needle, a cover needle hub mounted on a proximal end of the cover needle, an inner needle which is removably inserted through the cover needle and the cover needle hub and the distal end of which projects forwards from the cover needle, and a protecting tube for preventing kink of the cover needle which is externally fitted between the fixing wing and the cover needle hub on the cover needle.