Surgery – Means or method for facilitating removal of non therapeutic... – Surgical drain
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-29
2007-05-29
Thanh, LoAn H. (Department: 3763)
Surgery
Means or method for facilitating removal of non therapeutic...
Surgical drain
C604S537000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10018637
ABSTRACT:
A catheter constituted of a single-pipe tube, and provided with a tip end portion (10) implanted in an abdominal cavity and a projection portion (12) projecting outward from the outer wall of the abdomen. A pair of cuffs (16, 18) are attached to the projection portion (12) and a reinforcing tube (14). Side holes (20) are drilled in the tip end portion (10), and each side hole is allowed to communicate with each other along the axial direction of the single-pipe tube by means of a groove (22) formed on the outer peripheral surface of the single-pipe tube.
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Supplemental Search Report for EP 00 93 7280 completed on Apr. 20, 2006.
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Medi-Tech Co., Ltd.
Thanh LoAn H.
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