Catheter mating devices
AssigneeSpinal Singularity, Inc.
InventorsDerek Herrera, Jeff Kasalko
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Abstract
Described is a catheter for being retained inside the body for extended periods, and a catheter mating device that can connect to the catheter to move the catheter inside of the body or remove it from the body. The catheter mating device has a stem with an apparatus at its distal end. The apparatus is moveable between a first position and a second position. When in its first position, the distal end is configured to fit in the proximal end of the catheter. When in its second position, the distal end engages the proximal end of the catheter and connects the catheter mating device to the catheter.
Claims20
A catheter mating device comprising:
- (a) a housing defining an inner cavity;
- (b) a stem having a proximal end attached to the housing, a distal end;
- and a lumen configured to permit fluid to flow therethrough and into the inner cavity, wherein the distal end includes an apparatus having a first, retracted position and a second, expanded position, and the apparatus further includes a cylinder having a distal end and a proximal end, and
- (c) a cylinder positioned partially in the inner cavity and partially within the stem, the cylinder movable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when the cylinder is in its extended position it moves the apparatus into the second, expanded position of the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.