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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Maximiliano Soetermans, Pinnacle, NC (US);
Thomas Gregory Self, Durham, NC (US);
Douglas E. Mclaren, Rancho Murieta, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Maximiliano Soetermans, Pinnacle, NC (US);
Thomas Gregory Self, Durham, NC (US);
Douglas E. McLaren, Rancho Murieta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device is provided including a catheter shaft having a lumen extending therethrough with a splittable wall portion along a side of the lumen, and a tube that extends through at least a portion of the lumen and is configured to provide a patent path of fluid communication.