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CATHETER PLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD

  • US 3,633,579 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1969
  • Issued: 01/11/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1967
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a catheter placement device comprising a flexible plastic cannula, an elongate catheter threaded into said cannula, said cannula having a tapered distal end portion and a flared proximal end portion and locking means comprising a ferrule slidably carried on said catheter for locking said catheter relative to said cannula when said catheter is in position in said cannula, said ferrule having a tapered outer wall and a continuous inner wall, the distal end of said ferrule engaging with the inner surface of the tapered distal end portion of the cannula for creating the locking action against the outer surface of said catheter.

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