Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1996-12-26
1998-09-29
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
128888, 128DIG6, 128DIG26, A61M 532
Patent
active
058140212
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an adjustable anchoring device to retain a catheter at a desired location inside a patient. The anchoring device includes a securing member with a body portion having an opening extending through the tubular body portion. The opening has a first dimension adapted to retain the catheter by frictionally engaging the catheter. The body portion of the securing member is dilatable to have an opening with a second dimension such that the securing member can slidably move about the catheter. The invention also relates to an anchoring device with a dilator member portion with a forward end wherein the forward end is adapted to detachably mate with the securing member through a portion of the opening of the securing member and to dilate the tubular body portion of the securing member from having an opening with the first dimension to have an opening with the second dimension.
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Brown Michael A.
Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc.
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