Introducer with radiopaque marked tip and method of manufacture therefor

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PATENT NO 5558652
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08318951

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A medical vascular introducer of the type having an elongated hollow shaft, a distal portion of which is insertable into the body of a patient, wherein the improvement comprises a pair of radiopaque markers disposed at two longitudinally distinct positions on the exterior of the shaft, the markers being separated a predetermined longitudinal distance. Also disclosed is a marker design which is circumferentially discontinuous and consists of at least one marker segment and at least one void area.

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B BRAUN MEDICAL INC824 TWELFTH AVE BETHLEHEM PA 18018-3524

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Henke, Bruce D Deephaven, MN 1 306

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