Rotate-to-advance catheterization system
CA 2609048 C · Owner: Ailinger, Robert E. · Inventors: Ailinger, Robert E.; Frassica, James J.
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Apparatus for accessing a bodily passageway the apparatus comprising: a , flexible tube having a distal end and a proximal end a longitudinal axis , extending between the distal end and the proximal end and a lumen extending , from the distal end to the proximal end the lumen being sized to receive , matter to be transported through the bodily passageway; and an external thread disposed over the distal end of the tube the external thread having a , sufficient structural integrity and a sufficient surface profile, such that when the tube is disposed in a bodily passageway rotation of the tube about , the longitudinal axis will result in longitudinal motion of the tube along said bodily …
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- Filed May 19, 2006 and granted January 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 19, 2026.
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