Patent ID: 11890429
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A rapidly inserted central catheter (“RICC”), comprising:
a first section of a catheter tube consisting of a first material having a first durometer, the first section in a distal-end portion of the catheter tube;
a second section of the catheter tube consisting of a second material having a second durometer less than the first durometer, the second section in the distal-end portion of the catheter tube proximal of the first section, the first section and the second section of the catheter tube having a column strength sufficient to prevent buckling of the catheter tube when inserted into an insertion site and advanced through a vasculature of a patient; and
a junction as a third section of the catheter tube including a third material having a third durometer between the first durometer and the second durometer, the junction located between the first section and the second section of the catheter tube and the junction including a tapered distal-end portion, the first section of the catheter tube including a flared proximal-end portion, and the tapered distal-end portion of the junction sitting within the flared proximal-end portion of the first section of the catheter tube.