Catheter buttons
First Claim
1. A catheter button comprising a non-metallic button body portion having a central opening extending therethrough, a metallic marker integral with said body portion, and coupling means for integrally holding the metallic marker on the exterior of the button body.
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Abstract
A non-metallic catheter button body having a variety of geometric shapes, having integrally secured therewith a metallic marker element, to anchor a catheter or surgical tube in the body with less pain to the patient while providing an X-ray visible marker, which button substantially reduces loss of the patient'"'"'s skin from scattered electrons resulting from a bombardment by radiation from radioactive material. The non-metallic button body may further include an integral non-metallic stem portion to facilitate the crimping of the stem, anchoring of tubes in the body, and insertion of ribbons of radioactive material therein.
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43 Claims
- 1. A catheter button comprising a non-metallic button body portion having a central opening extending therethrough, a metallic marker integral with said body portion, and coupling means for integrally holding the metallic marker on the exterior of the button body.
- 21. A catheter button comprising a non-metallic body button body and a hollow, substantially nonelastic stem portion extending from and integral with said button body portion wherein a central opening extends through said body portion and said hollow stem, said stem portion having an outer continuous wall structure and an inner diameter which decreases from the outer end of said stem toward the inner end of said stem, in a conical, funnel-like shape.
- 29. A catheter button comprising a non-metallic button body portion, a hollow stem portion extending from and integral with said button body portion and a central opening extending through said body portion and said hollow stem, wherein the central opening has an initial diameter which is substantially identical to the outside diameter of a surgical tube, the end of which is to be secured by said button, and the central opening includes an interior step down at which its internal diameter decreases abruptly to approximately equal the interior diameter of such tube.
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