Patent ID: 6582409
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A hemodialysis and vascular access system comprising:a catheter having a graft section and a catheter section wherein: said graft section is provided from a material which is adapted for long term attachment to an artery with a first portion of said graft section adapted to be coupled to an artery; and said catheter section has a first portion adapted to be inserted within a vein at an insertion site, with an end or the first portion having an opening adapted to be within the vein itself and wherein the opening in the end of the first portion of said catheter section is distant from the insertion site and wherein the first portion of the catheter section is provided having an outer diameter which is less than an inner diameter of the vein in which the first portion if the catheter section is adapted to be disposed such that, in operation, blood can flow through the first portion of the catheter section into the vein and through the vein around an outer surface of the first portion of said catheter section.