MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202218023549 A) filed by Cordis Us Corp. on April 21, 2022, for “rapid Exchange Dilator For Sheathless Catheterization”.
Inventor includes Messenger, Andrew.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: A dilator for gaining access to a vessel of a patient, comprising a tubular distal member that extends along a longitudinal axis, the tubular distal member having a maximal outer diameter from a distal end to a proximal end and a skived portion; a proximal member that extends longitudinally from a distal end having a skived portion to a proximal end; transition tubing connected to the proximal member so that the proximal member is coaxially disposed within the transition tubing, wherein the transition tubing is connected to the distal member in an overlapping portion that extends coaxially within the proximal end of the distal member; and a rapid exchange port at a transition region formed by an overlap of the skived portion of the distal end of the proximal member and the skived portion of the proximal end of the distal member and a lumen that extends longitudinally continuously through the rapid exchange port between the proximal end of the distal member and the distal end of the proximal member.
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