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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Yasutake Yamada, Bear, DE (US);
Linda E. Trask, Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Yasutake Yamada, Bear, DE (US);
Linda E. Trask, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
Terumo Medical Corporation, Somerset, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61M 5/3286 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present technology is directed to introducer needle assemblies comprising a tapered needle; as well as to kits comprising a tapered needle, a guidewire and a dilator and sheath; as well as to methods of introducing a dilator to the interior of a patient's body as part of an interventional procedure.