Abstract: A stylet for use with a medical catheter has a lumen blocking portion and a shaft, where the shaft has a smaller effective diameter than the lumen blocking portion. The lumen blocking portion has an outer surface that is approximately flush with the catheter lumen in a working area of the catheter. The lumen blocking portion has a length capable of covering at least one side hole of the catheter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 7, 2014
Assignee:
Windrose Medical, LLC.
Inventors:
Kathryn Olson, Jayant Menon, Jonathan Dunbar
Abstract: A stylet for use with a medical catheter has a lumen blocking portion and a shaft, where the shaft has a smaller effective diameter than the lumen blocking portion. The lumen blocking portion has an outer surface that is approximately flush with the catheter lumen in a working area of the catheter. The lumen blocking portion has a length capable of covering at least one side hole of the catheter.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 11, 2012
Publication date:
August 8, 2013
Applicant:
WINDROSE MEDICAL, LLC
Inventors:
Kathryn Olson, Jayant Menon, Jonathan Dunbar