Patent ID: 7083595
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A61B,A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical catheter assembly comprising: (a) a medical catheter, said medical catheter having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal bore, said distal end being shaped to include an internal bolster, said internal bolster having an anchoring state and a non-anchoring state; (b) a suture terminating in a pair of ends, said suture extending from said internal bolster through said longitudinal bore, with said ends of said suture exiting said medical catheter at said proximal end wherein proximal displacement of said suture maintains said internal bolster in said anchoring state; and (c) a protective sleeve made of a rigid material, said protective sleeve being removably insertable into said longitudinal bore of said medical catheter through said proximal end, said suture being inserted through said protective sleeve, with said ends of said suture extending proximally beyond said protective sleeve, and wherein the ends are capable of being knotted.