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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Sequana Medical Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventor:
Thomas Degen, Bermensdorf, CH;
Assignee:
Sequana Medical AG, Zug, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/28 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/003 (2013.01); A61M 1/285 (2013.01); A61M 25/0071 (2013.01); A61M 25/0108 (2013.01);
Abstract
Under one aspect of the present invention, a catheter includes an elongate member; a plurality of septa configured to define a plurality of lumens along the elongate member; and a plurality of slits defined through the elongate member, each slit configured to provide fluidic communication between an environment about the catheter and a corresponding lumen of the plurality of lumens, at least one slit having a different length than at least one other slit.