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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Stephan Mittermeyer, Landshut, DE;
Christoph Pedain, Menzingen, CH;
Inventors:
Stephan Mittermeyer, Landshut, DE;
Christoph Pedain, Menzingen, CH;
Assignee:
Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a catheter stylet for stiffening a catheter during the placing process, wherein the stylet comprises an accommodating lumen for at least one fluid-guiding line of the catheter. It also relates to a catheter stylet catheter system, comprising such a stylet and comprising a catheter which comprises a fluid-guiding line, and to a method for stiffening a catheter during the placing process, wherein a stylet which comprises an accommodating lumen is arranged around at least one fluid-guiding line of the catheter.