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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Vinny K. Pham, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eric Stenzel, Galway County, IE;
Paul Byrne, Tuam, IE;
Mark Flygare, Farmington, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/32056 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53126 (2015.01);
Abstract
An introducer with a longitudinal slit is disclosed. The slit may enable a practitioner to remove the introducer from an elongate instrument without removing the elongate instrument from a hub or catheter. A hub having a hub taper is also disclosed. The hub taper may be configured to retain the introducer within the hub in some embodiments.