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Catheter

  • US 3,902,492 A
  • Filed: 05/14/1974
  • Issued: 09/02/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catheter for continuous irrigation of a body cavity, having a drainage tube for the removal of fluid from said body cavity, an auxiliary passageway extending along the catheter and terminating at or towards the tip of the catheter and a flexible irrigation tube extending from said auxiliary passageway beyond the tip of the catheter for a length of from about 4 to 6 inches and having a plurality of radial discharge outlets at least towards its free end wherein the flexibility and length of said irrigation tube are adapted to facilitate its curving around the wall of said body cavity and providing peripheral irrigation thereof.

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