Catheter assembly

Abstract

Abstract 1. Catheter assembly comprising a catheter (22) having at its rear end a catheter attachment (30), a sleeve (10) having at its rear end a sleeve projection (11) provided with a coupling means (13) for the introduction of the catheter (22), a cannula (19) insertable through the sleeve (10) and provided at its front end with a cutting edge (20) and at its rear end with a handle (21), and a sealing element to be penetrated by the catheter (22), being slotted to its edge and being removable laterally from the catheter (22), characterized in that the sealing element is a sealing plate (15) to be penetrated by the cannula (19) prior to the introduction of the catheter and being mounted at the rear end face of the sleeve projection (11) of the sleeve (10) dividable longitudinally, said sealing plate being pressed against the end face by a socket element (14) detachably engaging the coupling means (13) and having a channel passage (18) at its rear end.

Inventors

• 👤 Bodo Schacht
• 👤 Michael Dipl.-Ing. Greive

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