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Catheter systems and packaged kits for dual layer guide tubes

  • US 10,485,951 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2018
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A packaged catheter, the catheter for placement into a vessel of a human body, the packaged catheter including:

  • a tubular member with distal and proximal ends;

    at least one needle adapted to penetrate through a wall of the vessel;

    at least one needle guiding element, wherein a respective needle of the at least one needle is disposed within a respective needle guiding element of the at least one needle guiding element, wherein the respective needle is movable relative to the respective needle guiding element, wherein the at least one needle guiding element is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein the at least one needle guiding element is configured to be constrained within the tubular member in the closed configuration, wherein the at least one needle guiding element is adapted to extend outward from the tubular member in the open configuration; and

    a sterile package containing the tubular member, the at least one needle, and the at least one needle guiding element in the open configuration.

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