Patent ID: 9084850
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dialysis catheter comprising a first portion having a first diameter, an elongated distal portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a transition portion between the first portion and distal portion, the first portion including first and second independent longitudinally extending blood withdrawal lumens extending in the first portion, the transition portion having first and second opened areas separated by a rib, the first opened area forming a first terminal opening for the first withdrawal lumen and the second opened area forming a second terminal opening for the second withdrawal lumen such that the first and second lumens terminate in longitudinal openings, the first and second opened areas being radially spaced and axially adjacent, and a longitudinally extending blood delivery lumen configured to deliver blood, the delivery lumen extending in the first portion and terminating in a delivery opening in the distal portion of the catheter, the first and second opened areas positioned proximally of the delivery opening.