Aseptic catheter and introducer

• US 3,154,080 A
• Filed: 05/24/1962
• Issued: 10/27/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert L. Rowan, Yetta Rowan
• Original Assignee: Robert L. Rowan, Yetta Rowan
• Inventors: Rowan, Robert L., Rowan, Yetta
• Application Number:
  US04/198,419
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• US Class Current: 604/171
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/002 Packages specially adapted therefor combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113; catheter kit packages for surgical articles A61B50/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0111 Aseptic insertion devices

Claims

1. AN ASEPTIC ELONGATED CONTAINER HAVING A CATHETER AND INTRODUCER THEREIN, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AN HERMETICALLY ELONGATED HEAT-SEALED TRANSPARENT PLASTIC CONTAINER, A HOLLOW PLASTIC TUBULAR INTRODUCER AXIALLY MOUNTED IN SAID CONTAINER, A PLASTIC CATHETER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID INTRODUCER, SAID INTRODUCER HAVING AT LEAST ONE NONSUPPORTING PORTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID CATHETER, AT LEAST A PART OF WHICH IS OF MAXIMUM INTERIOR DIAMETER OF SAID INTRODUCER, SAID INTRODUCER HAVING AT LEAST ONE OTHER SUPPORTING PORTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID CATHETER WHICH INCLUDES A PART OF MINIMUM INTERIOR DIAMETER OF SAID INTRODUCER, AT LEAST A PART OF SAID NON-SUPPORTING PORTION OF SAID INTRODUCER BEING ADAPTED TO BE MANUALLY FITTED OVER