Patent 9011381 was granted and assigned to Terumo Medical Corporation on April, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present technology is directed to introducer needle assemblies comprising a tapered needle; as well as to kits comprising a tapered needle, a guidewire and a dilator and sheath; as well as to methods of introducing a dilator to the interior of a patient's body as part of an interventional procedure.