Patent ID: 6855126
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An indwelling catheter, comprising: a catheter tube having an upper end and a bottom end with an expandable portion adjacent to the upper end; longitudinal means for being inserted into the catheter tube having a top end which can attach to the upper end of the catheter tube, and a lower end adjacent to the bottom end of the catheter tube, wherein pulling on the lower end of the longitudinal means causes the expandable portion of the catheter tube to expand inside of a space; a head member in the upper end of the catheter tube having a downwardly projecting threaded portion; a sleeve fixably held inside the catheter below the expandable portion; means for attaching the upper end of the catheter tube to the sleeve after the upper end is pulled to the sleeve; a threaded wall on the sleeve for rotatably screwing about the downwardly projecting threaded portion of the head member; means for supporting the head member in at least one rotatable position relative to the catheter tube; and a threaded tip end on the longitudinal means for mateably screwing to the threaded portion of the head member.