SYMMETRICAL TIP ACUTE CATHETER
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Abstract
A medical catheter assembly includes a catheter tip coupled to a distal end of an elongate catheter member and is symmetric about a plane defined by a septum of the elongate catheter member. The catheter tip defines first and second lumens, and the catheter tip defines first and second openings in the distal portion of the catheter tip. Each opening of the catheter tip is defined by a respective side surface of the catheter tip. Each opening is in fluid communication with a respective one of the first and second lumens of the catheter tip and with a respective one of a pair of lumens defined by the elongate catheter member. The distance between upper and lower surfaces of the catheter tip decreases from a distal end of the proximal portion toward a closed distal end of the catheter tip.
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27 Claims
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16. A medical catheter comprising:
an elongate catheter body defining a pair of lumens, a longitudinal axis, and a pair of diametrically opposed side openings, each side opening in fluid communication with a respective lumen of the pair of lumens, wherein each side opening has a proximal end and a distal end, and a shape that tapers proximally from the distal end to the respective proximal end. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A medical catheter comprising:
an elongate catheter body defining a pair of lumens, a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and a pair of diametrically opposed side openings, each side opening in fluid communication with a respective lumen of the pair of lumens, wherein each side opening has a shape comprising an arcuate distal portion having a first diameter and an arcuate proximal portion having a second diameter, the arcuate proximal and distal portions intersecting along the transverse axis. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A medical catheter comprising:
an elongate catheter body defining a pair of lumens, a longitudinal axis, and a pair of diametrically opposed side openings, each side opening in fluid communication with a respective lumen of the pair of lumens, wherein each side opening is substantially L-shaped and comprises a distal portion extending in a transverse relation to the longitudinal axis and a proximal portion extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the proximal portion intersecting the distal portion.
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