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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Brett Haarala, Watertown, MA (US);
William Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chris Davey, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An access port assembly having an attachable catheter allows for inserting a guidewire into the catheter to aid in the placement of the integral catheter while still attached to the access port assembly. A method is described for placing an access port fixedly attached to a catheter into a patient using a guidewire inserted into the catheter.