Patent ID: 7578801

Claim:
A medical catheter assembly comprising: (a) a medical catheter, said medical catheter being made of silicone rubber and having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal bore; (b) an internal bolster, said internal bolster being disposed at said distal end of said medical catheter; and (c) a fitting assembly, said fitting assembly comprising (i) a fitting, said fitting including a front portion and a rear portion, said front portion being shaped to serve as a dilator, said rear portion being disposed within said proximal end of said medical catheter and being shaped to include a front end, a rear end, a side wall, a longitudinally-extending bore and at least one slot in said side wall providing side access to said longitudinally-extending bore, (ii) a length of tubing, said length of tubing being disposed within said longitudinally-extending bore of said fitting and being exposed through said at least one slot, said length of tubing being made of silicone rubber, (iii) a silicone rubber glue, said silicone rubber glue being sandwiched between an exposed portion of said length of tubing and said medical catheter for bonding said length of tubing to said medical catheter, and (iv) a wire loop, said wire loop being secured to said front portion of said fitting and extending forwardly therefrom.