Patent ID: 8496622

Claim:
A method of positioning a catheter within a patient comprising: slidably inserting a first stylet portion of a stylet into a first lumen of the catheter such that the first stylet portion extends distally beyond a distal end of the catheter; slidably inserting a second stylet portion of the stylet into a second lumen of the catheter such that the second stylet portion extends distally beyond a distal end of the catheter; connecting distal end regions of the first and second stylet portions via engagement of corresponding mating structures provided at the distal end regions of the first and second stylet portions; advancing the stylet and the catheter until a distal end of the catheter is positioned adjacent a target site; and detaching the corresponding mating structure at the distal end regions of the first and second stylet portions via withdrawal of one of the first and second stylet portions from the catheter.