Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1995-01-20
1999-03-23
Hindenburg, Mark
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
600435, 604164, 604165, A61B 500
Patent
active
058852174
ABSTRACT:
A catheter introducer which allows a dilator member and a sheath member to be engaged with and disengaged from each other promptly and smoothly. The catheter introducer includes a sheath member consisting of a sheath portion and a sheath hub and a dilator member consisting of a dilator portion and a dilator hub and a locking mechanism operatively connecting the sheath member and dilator member during the insertion of the catheter introducer into the body of the patient. The dilator hub includes one or more flange members associated therewith and the flange member is rotatable with respect to the sheath hub to selectively engage the sheath hub in a first position and disengage the sheath hub in a second position.
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Gisselberg Margo L.
Hicks Allen J.
Allison Richard D.
Hindenburg Mark
Smith Monty
Tyco Group S.a.r.l.
Wingood Pamela
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