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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Cleve S Koehler, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Cleve S Koehler, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A medical catheter assembly is provided including an inner catheter member, where that inner catheter member includes a plurality of inner catheter lumens, and an outer sheath with at least one patent sheath lumen. The inner catheter is slidably disposed through a length of the at least one patent sheath lumen in a manner providing a substantially sealing contact between an exterior surface of the inner catheter and an inward surface of the at least one patent sheath lumen. A first of the plurality of inner catheter lumens includes a plurality of apertures to the exterior surface of the inner catheter, and a second of the plurality of inner catheter lumens includes at least one distal end-tip opening. A method of using the assembly is also provided.