Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Medical teams have available a wide variety of catheters, to enable provision of the right products for their patients’ unique medical needs. For decades, with the help of catheters, medical teams have been able to drain fluids from body cavities, administer medications intravenously, perform surgica l procedures, and administer anesthetics, for example. As technology progressed, medical instrument designers provided modern medicine teams with guiding cathet ers and sheaths. Guiding catheters and sheaths are frequently used in many medic al procedures due to their minimally invasive nature. For example, patients unde rgoing cardiac or other vascular procedures with guiding catheters and sheaths r eceive a minimally sized surgically placed lumen (opening) to the skin.
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