Surgery – Blood drawn and replaced or treated and returned to body – Body inserted tubular conduit structure
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Bianco, Patricia (Department: 3761)
Surgery
Blood drawn and replaced or treated and returned to body
Body inserted tubular conduit structure
C604S005010, C604S264000, C623S001130
Reexamination Certificate
active
07108673
ABSTRACT:
An improvement to an A–V dialysis graft construction (10) that includes an elongated length of polymer tubing (12) having an inlet end (13) and an outlet end (14) for attachment to access needles (15) (15) wherein, the improvement includes a normally reduced diameter intermediate portion (16) that restricts the flow of blood from the inlet end (13) of the length of polymer tubing (12) to the outlet end (14) for the purpose of minimizing venous stenosis.
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Bianco Patricia
Sturm & Fix LLP
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