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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Mark L. Adams, Sandy, UT (US);
William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Donald C. Hovey, Sherborn, MA (US);
Luis J. Maseda, Natick, MA (US);
Mark L. Adams, Sandy, UT (US);
William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Donald C. Hovey, Sherborn, MA (US);
Luis J. Maseda, Natick, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter assembly and method for internally anchoring a catheter in a patient. According to one embodiment, the catheter assembly includes a catheter, a tubular fitting coupled to one end of the catheter, and an internal bolster coaxially mounted around the tubular fitting. The tubular fitting has a waist portion, and the internal bolster is secured thereto by a snap-fit. To internally anchor the catheter in a patient, one inserts the end of the catheter to which the fitting is coupled into the patient and then, while the fitting and its coupled end of the catheter are within the patient, inserts the internal bolster over the fitting until it snap-fits into place over the waist portion, thereby internally anchoring the catheter within the patient.