Abstract: A hemodialysis catheter is disclosed for deploying in an artery or vein, comprising various means for disrupting, mechanically and/or chemo-mechanically, a fibrous sheath forming naturally outside of the catheter; optionally the disrupted fibrin sheath and/or thrombus is captured.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignees:
CHRYSALIS MEDICAL, INC., BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Inventors:
Maurino G. Flora, David L. Black, Celso J. Bagaoisan, Suresh Subraya Pai, Marius C. Florescu