Catheter having integral, polymeric flanges

• US 3,176,690 A
• Filed: 05/26/1961
• Issued: 04/06/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: H Doubler Peter B
• Original Assignee: H Doubler Peter B
• Inventors: H DOUBLER PETER B
• Application Number:
  US04/112,833
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• US Class Current: 604/174
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0286 anchored in the skin by suture or other skin penetrating devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/26 Cannula supporters

Claims

1. A TUBULAR CATHETER ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED IN A PATIENT, SAID CATHETER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL OUTER WALL AND AN EXTERNAL FLANGE INTEGRALLY SECURED TO SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL WALL AND PROJECTING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID FLANGE BEING CONSTRUCTED OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL, SAID POLYMERIC MATERIAL BEING COMPOATIBLE WITH AND DISSOLVABLE IN THE BODY TISSUES.