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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventors:
David M. Butts, Riverton, UT (US);
Jason R. Stats, Layton, UT (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 5/162 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 39/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/0247 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0618 (2013.01); A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/162 (2013.01); A61M 5/3273 (2013.01); A61M 39/0208 (2013.01); A61M 39/04 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1581 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1585 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1587 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0273 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0276 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of providing a fluid communication path to an implanted device. The method includes positioning at least a portion of a slender pointed element within a catheter, penetrating a septum of the implanted device with the slender pointed element positioned within the catheter, positioning at least a portion of the catheter within the implanted device, removing the slender pointed element from the catheter, and retaining the at least the portion of the catheter within the implanted device.