Catheter assembly with replaceable components
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsKurt Haggstrom, Robert Frechette
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Abstract
A catheter assembly includes a catheter, a collar, and an extension tube assembly. The catheter includes a leading end portion and a trailing end portion. The collar is supported on the trailing end portion of the catheter. The extension tube assembly includes a first section and a second section, each section independent of the other section and including a substantially rigid body portion and a compressible extension tube portion. The body portion of each of the first and second sections is independently engageable with the trailing end portion of the catheter. The collar is configured to engage the first and second sections of the extension tube assembly to secure the extension tube assembly to the trailing end portion of the catheter.
Claims18
A catheter assembly, comprising:
- a catheter including a leading end portion and a trailing end portion;
- a collar supported on the trailing end portion of the catheter;
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- an extension tube assembly including a first section and a second section, each section being independent of the other section, and each section including a substantially rigid body portion and a compressible extension tube portion, the body portion of each of the first and second sections being independently engageable with the trailing end portion of the catheter, and wherein the collar is engageable with the first and second sections of the extension tube assembly to secure the extension tube assembly to the trailing end portion of the catheter.
An extension tube assembly for attachment to a catheter, comprising:
- a first section including a first body portion and a first extension tube portion, the first body portion securable to a trailing end portion of a catheter, the first extension tube portion securable to a medical device;
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- a second section including a second body portion and a second extension tube portion, the second body portion securable, independently of the first body portion, to the trailing end portion of the catheter, the second extension tube portion securable to the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.