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Device for use with a catheter

  • US 5,203,774 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1991
  • Issued: 04/20/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A holding system for catheters of predetermined external diameters, said system including a connector with proximal and distal ends adapted to receive freely a catheter therethrough introduced through said proximal end, seal means within said connector for engaging a received catheter and providing a seal between said connector and the received catheter;

  • the improvement comprising a sleeve received through said proximal end of said connector in surrounding relation to a received catheter and between the received catheter and said connector, said sleeve having an internal diameter greater than and complementary with the external diameter of the received catheter to define a space about the received catheter within and along the length of said sleeve sufficient to allow backbleed of blood therethrough in a controlled manner, said seal means engaging with said sleeve and providing a seal between said connector and said sleeve, said sleeve precluding engagement of said seal means with the received catheter and being of sufficient rigidity to maintain said defined space for a controlled amount of backbleed of blood therethrough.

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