Catheters

Abstract

Abstract 1417013 Catheters C N MAZALCAMI 6 Dec 1972 [15 Dec 1971] 56363/72 Heading A5R [Also in Division F2] A catheter comprises an elongate tube of resilient plastics material having an open rear end 13 adapted for connection to a syringe and a closed rounded distal end 15 in which an X- ray opaque metal piece 16 is embedded, and a plurality of longitudinal slits 17 near the distal end 15, each slit 17 being longitudinally and circumferentially offset from the or each other slit 17 to give the catheter substantially the same rigidity as a catheter having no slit. The metal piece 16 is biologically inert and the tube has markings along its length.

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