Patent ID: 6371944
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A needle assembly with a needle portion and a connector portion, said connector portion having a first entry, a second entry, and a third entry, all entries leading to a common passage, said common passage being conical in shape, said conical shape resulting from a slant of the interior wall of said passage which differs from a longitudinal axis to provide means of guidance of a linear object inserted through said second entry though a conduit equipped with a one-way valve, wherein a wire passing though said second entry passes through said valve toward said third entry, and wherein said first and said third entry are positioned approximately opposite each other while said conduit entered through said second entry forms an arm which enters at an angle of from 20Â° to 60Â° from a line (longitudinal axis) which would pass thought said first and second entries.