CATHETER

摘要

A catheter comprising a dual lumen catheter tube with a molded plastic bolus formed at the distal end of the tube. The tube and bolus assembly which results has arterial and venous ports which overlap each other longitudinally but are oriented on opposite sides of the tube and bolus assembly.

主权项

1. A blood vessel catheter comprising:
a. a catheter tube containing a first lumen and a second lumen separated by a septum, said tube having a proximal and a distal end; b. a bolus tip fastened to said tube on said distal end of said tube to form a tube and tip assembly; c. an arterial port extending radially out of said catheter assembly in communication with said first lumen; d. a venous port extending radially out of said catheter assembly in a direction substantially opposite to the radial direction of said arterial port and in communication with said second lumen; e. said arterial and venous ports each being longitudinally elongated with respect to the length of said tube and tip assembly with a position of said venous port being positioned closer to said tip than said arterial port, and said venous port overlapping said arterial port along its length by at least a portion of the length of said arterial port.