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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2015
Argon Medical Devices, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Stephan A. DeFonzo, Wayne, PA (US);
John D. Leedle, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Argon Medical Devices, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A dialysis catheter including a first portion having a first diameter, an elongated distal portion having a second smaller diameter, and a transition portion The first portion includes first and second independent blood withdrawal lumens extending in the first portion, the first withdrawal lumen terminating in the transition portion in a first terminal opening and the second withdrawal lumen terminating in a second terminal opening, the first and second terminal openings being radially spaced and axially adjacent. A longitudinally extending blood delivery lumen extends in the first portion and terminates in a delivery opening in the distal portion of the catheter, the first and second terminal openings positioned proximally of the delivery opening and each of the first and second terminal openings having a curved wall surrounding a portion of the terminal opening.