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- Patent Title: Jetless intravenous catheters and mechanical assist devices for hand-injection of contrast media during dynamic tomography and methods of use
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Application No.: US13574705Application Date: 2011-01-21
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Publication No.: US09884166B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Laurens E. Howle , Rendon Nelson , Eli Nichols , Sebastian T. Schindera , Courtney Coursey , Paul W. Weber
- Applicant: Laurens E. Howle , Rendon Nelson , Eli Nichols , Sebastian T. Schindera , Courtney Coursey , Paul W. Weber
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Duke University
- Current Assignee: Duke University
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2011/022088 WO 20110121
- International Announcement: WO2011/091275 WO 20110728
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00 ; A61M31/00 ; A61M5/00 ; A61M5/145

Abstract:
A jetless intravenous catheter for the delivery of a fluid into a peripheral vein of a subject includes an elongated body having proximal and distal ends. The body includes a wall defining an internal fluid passageway configured to receive fluid flowing in a longitudinal direction from the proximal end at a first axial velocity and a tip aperture at the distal end configured to allow fluid to exit therethrough. The body comprises at least one flow reducing feature configured to create a laminar-turbulent transitional flow associated with a fluid flowing in the longitudinal direction at the first axial velocity and configured to reduce the flow velocity of fluid exiting the tip to a second axial velocity that is less than the first axial velocity.
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