Patent ID: RE39451

Claim:
A hemodialysis catheter comprising: a shaft segment, said shaft segment including a proximal end of the catheter and a shaft segment central axis, wherein said shaft segment comprises a shaft segment uptake lumen and a shaft segment return lumen; a distal end segment coupled to the shaft segment, said distal end segment including a distal end of the catheter and a distal end segment central axis, wherein said distal end segment comprises a distal end segment uptake lumen and a distal end segment return lumen, further wherein said distal end segment uptake and return lumens are coupled to said shaft segment uptake and return lumens, respectively; wherein said distal end segment uptake lumen comprises a distal end segment uptake lumen central axis, said distal end segment return lumen comprises a distal end segment return lumen central axis, and said distal end segment central axis is parallel to said distal end segment uptake lumen central axis and forms a non-zero angle with the shaft segment central axis when said catheter is in its unstressed configuration whereby said uptake lumen can be directed away from an adjacent wall when the catheter is inserted into a patient .