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ANTISEPTIC CATHETER

  • US 3,848,603 A
  • Filed: 11/02/1973
  • Issued: 11/19/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for preventing infectious organisms from entering the body of a medical patient through or along a catheter for removing body fluids, comprising:

  • a. a catheter having an inner end portion for insertion into a patient'"'"''"'"'s body and an outer end portion for conducting body fluids to a collection reservoir, and b. a means for preventing the migration of infectious organisms through and around said catheter from a body fluid flow collection means to a fluid flow discharge source in said body comprising a receptacle having an antiseptic discharge contacting and mixing means in the path of flow of said fluids whereby because of said mixture of antiseptic and body fluids infectious organisms in said body fluids are prevented from migrating through the catheter and into the patient.

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