Patent ID: 11872356
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical device, comprising:
a catheter adapter; and
a cannula forming a lumen having a length between a first end and an opposing second end of the cannula, the lumen extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cannula and extending along at least a portion of the length, the cannula comprising a wall and a plurality of stripes encapsulated into the wall and extending along at least a portion of the length of the cannula, wherein the plurality of stripes are constructed of a first thermoplastic polymer material filled with both a plurality of radiopacifiers and a plurality of echogenic voids, wherein the wall is constructed of a second thermoplastic polymer material and forms an outer surface of the cannula and an inner surface of the cannula proximate the lumen, wherein the first thermoplastic polymer material is bonded to the second thermoplastic polymer material, wherein each of the plurality of stripes is encapsulated by the second thermoplastic polymer material, wherein the plurality of echogenic voids form an irregular outer surface of each of the plurality of stripes, wherein the plurality of echogenic voids are spaced apart from the outer surface of the cannula and the inner surface of the cannula such that outer surface of the cannula and the inner surface of the cannula are smooth having a shape not affected by the plurality of echogenic voids.