Inventors:
George Callaway - Raleigh NC, US
International Classification:
A61M 5/178
Abstract:
Catheter devices and methods for easy insertion of same. The assembly may include a needle having a patient insertion end and a second end, a length and a diameter, a first catheter, the first catheter having a patient insertion end and a second end, a length, and an inner diameter sufficient to slidably receive at least a portion of the length of the needle within the first catheter, a second catheter, the second catheter having a patient insertion end and a second end, a length, and an inner diameter sufficient to slidably receive at least a portion of the length of the first catheter within the second catheter, and wherein the first catheter is circumferentially disposed about at least a portion of the needle, the second catheter is circumferentially disposed about at least a portion of the first catheter, and the first and second catheters are independently slidable from one another and the needle