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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Hiroaki Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Medikit Co., Ltd., Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An indwelling catheter has a hollow catheter body, a catheter tube fitted to a front end of the catheter body, an elastic valve fitted inside the catheter body, and a hollow plug slidably fitted inside the catheter body. The catheter tube, the elastic valve, and the plug are aligned in this order. A connector inserted from a proximal end of the catheter pushes the plug, and the plug presses the elastic valve open.