Patent ID: 8382664

Claim:
A molded and undivided medical penetrating device comprising: a first portion of the device configured for insertion into an interior of a body through an opening in the body; a second portion of the device monolithically formed with the first portion of the device by a joining portion and configured to be maintained essentially outside the body while the first portion of the device is retained within the body, the second portion of the device having a substantially tubular configuration and including an outer surface, a proximal end adjacent the first portion of the device and a distal end; and an opening extending through the first portion of the device and the second portion of the device and providing access to the interior of the body from outside the body, the outer surface of the substantially tubular second portion of the device and the opening extending through the substantially tubular second portion of the device forming a substantially tubular wall therebetween, and a thickness of the substantially tubular wall at the location where the first portion of the device and the tubular second portion of the device are integrally joined to one another by the joining portion of the device being less than a thickness of the substantially tubular wall nearer the distal end, wherein an outer diameter of the substantially tubular second portion is decreased at the joining portion.