Abstract: Apparatus for accessing the circulatory system of a person or animal includes a port and a device for accessing the port. The access device has a solid introducer with a catheter received thereabout. The introducer and catheter are covered by telescoping containers which expose the insertion ends of the introducer and catheter only at the time of insertion. The catheter is separable from the access device after insertion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 27, 1989
Date of Patent:
September 28, 1993
Assignee:
Medfusion, Inc.
Inventors:
Marvin E. Koenig, Jr., Melvin B. Moschler, Jr.
Abstract: Apparatus for accessing the circulatory system of a person or animal includes a port and a device for accessing the port. The access device has a solid introducer with a catheter received thereabout. The introducer and catheter are covered by telescoping containers which expose the insertion ends of the introducer and catheter only at the time of insertion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 1990
Date of Patent:
August 4, 1992
Assignee:
Medfusion Inc.
Inventors:
Marvin E. Koenig, Jr., Robert Lee, Melvin B. Moschler, Jr.