Patent ID: 11883595
Assignee: ASPISAFE SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A catheter comprising:
a body structure extending from a proximal body end to a distal body end;
a passageway extending within the body structure and along a passageway portion of a length of the body structure from a proximal passageway end to a distal passageway end;
at least one proximal passageway opening passing through the body structure near the proximal body end for fluidly coupling an ambient environment of the body structure with the passageway; and
a plurality of distal passageway openings, wherein:
a neck portion of the length of the body structure is between the passageway portion of the length of the body structure and the distal body end;
a cross-section of the neck portion, taken perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body structure, is solid;
an outer diameter of the body structure at a position along the passageway portion of the length of the body structure is greater than an outer diameter of the body structure at a position along the neck portion of the length of the body structure; and
the neck portion enables the distal body end to wiggle with respect to the body structure at the position along the passageway portion of the length of the body structure.