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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:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ronald A Drake, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Stanten C Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Lester O Stener, Blaine, MN (US);
Gary R Fiedler, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Scott W Hayden, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A syringe adapter tool facilitates inline connection of a syringe with a catheter lumen, as well as torque transfer between the syringe and catheter. The adapter tool may further facilitate passage of an instrument through a seal zone portion of the catheter lumen, which seal zone portion is located in a proximal section of the catheter.