Inventors:
Kathryn Olson - San Diego CA, US
Jayant Menon - San Diego CA, US
Jonathan Dunbar - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
WINDROSE MEDICAL, LLC - San Diego CA
International Classification:
A61M 25/14
Abstract:
A stylet for use with a medical catheter has a lumen blocking portion and a shaft, where the shaft has a smaller effective diameter than the lumen blocking portion. The lumen blocking portion has an outer surface that is approximately flush with the catheter lumen in a working area of the catheter. The lumen blocking portion has a length capable of covering at least one side hole of the catheter.