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Methods and apparatus for intravenous therapy and hyperalimentation

  • US 4,431,426 A
  • Filed: 10/03/1980
  • Issued: 02/14/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for performing intravascular therapy including hyperalimentation comprising:

  • a flexible catheter having a length sufficient to extend from a vessel in a patient having a suitably large flow of blood therethrough and through an exit site in the skin of the patient, the catheter having a valve adjacent its proximal end;

    a male coupler secured to the open distal end of the catheter; and

    a passer for threading the catheter subcutaneously, the passer including an elongate tube adapted to slide over the male coupler and the distal end of the catheter, a tip adapted to be releasably connected to the forward end of the tube, and means releasably to attach the distal end of the catheter to the tip.

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