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Anaesthesia set

  • US 5,106,376 A
  • Filed: 07/03/1990
  • Issued: 04/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An anaesthesia set comprising:

  • an epidural cannula defining a leading end, a first aperture, and a substantially longitudinal central axis,a spinal cannula defining a front end and being adapted for insertion into the epidural cannula, the spinal cannula and the epidural cannula being mutually configured so that the front end of the spinal cannula projects beyond the leading end of the epidural cannula when the spinal cannula is inserted into the epidural cannula, andan epidural catheter defining an outer diameter and being adapted for insertion into the epidural cannula,the epidural cannula further defining a bent tip having an outer wall and a second aperture formed in the outer wall of the bent tip, the second aperture being coaxial with the longitudinal central axis of the epidural cannula and having a diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of the epidural catheter, whereby the second aperture serves as a passage for the spinal cannula.

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