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CATHETER PLACEMENT UNIT

  • US 3,856,009 A
  • Filed: 05/29/1973
  • Issued: 12/24/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catheter assembly comprising:

  • a length of flexible tubing precurved at its distal end;

    an introducer needle having a point at its distal end removably disposed within said tubing; and

    anti-skiving means mounted over said tubing and movable from a position overlying a portion of said tubing that is not precurved to a position overlying said precurved distal end so that said distal end may be temporarily straightened to prevent internal skiving of said tubing when said introducer needle is fully positioned within said tubing.

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