Patent ID: 8137326

Claim:
A hub for a triple lumen implantable catheter for joining extension tubes to respective lumens thereof for fluid transmission therethrough, comprising: a catheter defines three lumens; a hub body having a distal end, a central section and a proximal end, the hub including a distal opening defining a distal axis and configured to contain therewithin a proximal end of the catheter, and three proximal openings each configured to contain therewithin distal ends of respective extension tubes, wherein the proximal end of the catheter is skived and defines first and second selected lengths of two of the lumens, wherein the first and second selected lengths differ in length from each other, the hub including three interior openings at a proximal end of the distal opening associated with respective ones of the three catheter lumens, and three passageways communicating between respective ones of the three interior openings and respective ones of the three proximal openings, wherein two outermost passageways are disposed at respective small angles from a vertical medial plane of the hub body at their proximal ends, and wherein the centermost passageway is angled upwardly at its proximal end at a small angle from horizontal.