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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Dietmar Enk, Coesfeld, DE;
Inventor:
Dietmar Enk, Coesfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0465 (2013.01); A61M 16/0472 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dilator () for performing a percutaneous medical procedure, said dilator () comprising a proximal shaft portion () near a proximal end () thereof and a distal portion having a general tapering shape towards a distal end () of said dilator (), said distal portion being adapted for dilation of body tissue. To provide a dilator which can shorten time of procedure a region of an outer surface of said distal portion is provided with a pattern of depressions having a depth in the interval of 0.1 to 3 mm.