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Catheter

Granted 4 Nov 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc. · originally Becton Dickinson and Company

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Inventors: Daniel B. Blanchard, Jason R. Stats · Examiner: David G Muller · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/757,781
filed 9 Nov 2020
Publication
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US D1101141
granted 4 Nov 2025

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Description

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›The application file contains at least one drawing…

The application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent application publication with color drawings will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a first embodiment of a catheter with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 3 is a first side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 4 is a second side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 5 is a third side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 6 is a fourth side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub and a pink colored strain relief portion catheter;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 1 with a purple colored hub;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of a second embodiment of a catheter with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 11 is a first side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 12 is a second side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 13 is a third side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 14 is a fourth side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 15 is a rear view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub and a purple colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 16 is a front view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 9 with a pink colored hub;

FIG. 17 is a top perspective view of a third embodiment of a catheter with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 18 is a bottom perspective view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 19 is a first side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 20 is a second side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 21 is a third side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 22 is a fourth side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 23 is a rear view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub and a green colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 24 is a front view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 17 with a purple colored hub;

FIG. 25 is a top perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a catheter with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 26 is a bottom perspective view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 27 is a first side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 28 is a second side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 29 is a third side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 30 is a fourth side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 31 is a rear view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub and a blue colored strain relief portion;

FIG. 32 is a front view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 25 with a purple colored hub;

FIG. 33 is a top perspective view of a fifth embodiment of a catheter;

FIG. 34 is a bottom perspective view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 ;

FIG. 35 is a first side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 ;

FIG. 36 is a second side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 ;

FIG. 37 is a third side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 ;

FIG. 38 is a fourth side view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 ;

FIG. 39 is a rear view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 ; and,

FIG. 40 is a front view of the catheter illustrated in FIG. 33 .

The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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