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Percutaneous access device

  • US 5,242,415 A
  • Filed: 08/14/1992
  • Issued: 09/07/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A percutaneous access device comprising a body of a relatively soft, flexible, biocompatible material, said body including a generally horizontal base flange and a projection projecting vertically upwardly from the top of said base flange, said body having a bore extending vertically through said projection and base flange, an elongate, flexible hollow tube, having an outer diameter less than the inner diameter of said bore, extending through said bore and projecting outwardly from the opposite ends of said bore, a clearance between said tube and said bore, said clearance extending throughout substantially the entire portion of said tube within said projection, and bonding means sealingly bonding said tube to said body adjacent only the bottom end of said bore, said tube being capable of flexing movement relative to said body within the upper portion of said bore.

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