Patent ID: 6966886
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A blood treatment catheter comprising: first and second lumens, said lumens being in a joined segment proximal to a dividing point and in first and second unjoined tubes, respectively, distal of said dividing point, said first tube having a length greater than the length of said second tube, an aperture on the sidewall of said first unjoined tube at a distance distal of said dividing point, and a stiffening tube extending through the catheter, said stiffening tube passing through said second unjoined tube, through said aperture and extending distally of said aperture through said first unjoined tube; wherein said aperture is at a position on said first unjoined tube a distance distal of said dividing point that is substantially equal to the length of said second unjoined tube.