Drainage catheter with pig-tail straightener

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9233226
APP PUB NO 20080097394A1
SERIAL NO

11507777

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A drainage catheter, including a catheter tube body that can have a pig-tail loop in a distal end, a rigid member configured to be placed inside of the catheter, a pig-tail straightening sleeve configured to move axially along the tube body, the sleeve having a lip formed on an end of the sleeve, the lip being configured to be positioned towards the distal end of the tube body, thereby straightening the catheter tube body and facilitating entry of the rigid member into the catheter tube body when the pig-tail straightening sleeve is positioned to straighten the catheter tube body.

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  • MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Accisano,, III Nicholas Gerald Howell, US 10 156
Lampropoulos, Fred P Salt Lake City, US 88 4481
Marini, Louise Middletown, US 1 39

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