Abstract:
An introducer for insertion of a medical device into a patient's vasculature includes an elongate introducer body, a hub, and a hemostatic valve. The elongate introducer body includes a longitudinal axis, a proximal region, a distal region, and an inner lumen. The hub is coupled to the proximal region of the introducer body. The hemostatic valve is disposed within the hub and forms a liquid-tight seal across the inner lumen. The introducer includes a guide configured to guide an object towards the center of the valve during insertion of the object.
Abstract:
A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, a septum housing, and a septum. The catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, an inner wall extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a lumen formed by the inner wall. The septum housing may include one or more protrusions and may be secured to the inner wall by one or more of the following: an interference fit between the one or more protrusions and the inner wall, a snap fit between the one or more protrusions and the inner wall, and bonding between the one or more protrusions and the inner wall. The septum may be at least partially disposed within the septum housing and configured to at least substantially seal the lumen.
Abstract:
A hemostasis valve for use in a medical device. The hemostasis valve may include a generally cylindrical body having a proximal side, a distal side, and a thickness extending therebetween. The proximal side may include a tapered central region having a surface sloped towards a center of the body and the distal side may include a distally extending curved central region.
Abstract:
Catheter assemblies are described having a catheter hub with a catheter tube and a needle hub with a needle projecting through the catheter tube. The catheter hub has a valve or a septum for stopping or slowing down the flow of fluid in or out of the catheter hub when the valve or septum is closed. The valve or septum has an exposed proximal wall that enables the valve to be wiped or cleaned with an antiseptic solution. The valve further has a cavity for receiving at least part of a needle guard, which is incorporated for preventing accidental needle stick with the needle tip.
Abstract:
An introducer for insertion of a medical device into a patient's vasculature includes an elongate introducer body, a hub, and a hemostatic valve. The elongate introducer body includes a longitudinal axis, a proximal region, a distal region, and an inner lumen. The hub is coupled to the proximal region of the introducer body. The hemostatic valve is disposed within the hub and forms a liquid-tight seal across the inner lumen. The introducer includes a guide configured to guide an object towards the center of the valve during insertion of the object.
Abstract:
A catheter assembly includes a flexible catheter (22), a needle (12) having a sharp distal tip, the needle (12) disposed in the flexible catheter (22) and moving from a first position that exposes the needle (12) to a second position, an outer member (26) that is configured to engage and disengage a catheter hub (14), an inner member (28) disposed in the outer member (26), and a needle protection (30) member disposed in the inner member (28), the needle protection member (30) enclosing at least a portion of the needle (12) when the needle (12) is in the second position.
Abstract:
A valve for medical instruments having a canal configured in a medical instrument and serving as input for at least one additional medical instrument is insulated from a distal-end fluid, whereby the valve housing wherein at least one fluid opening is configured, and positioned in the housing at least one insulating body can be inserted at least partly into the canal. The invention has at least one fluid opening configured in the valve housing by which the fluid can be conducted to the outside of the insulating body such that the fluid opening is so configured that the distal-side fluid can be guided out of the canal to the outside of the insulating body in such a way that the distal-side fluid reshapes the insulating body inward, insulating it, to be essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the insulating body.
Abstract:
A system for controlling fluid flow in a catheter assembly is disclosed. The system comprises an intravenous catheter assembly with a catheter adapter. The catheter adapter comprises an inner lumen with a septum disposed within a portion of the inner lumen. The septum has a barrier capable of being deformed from a relaxed position to a biased position. The barrier further comprises a slit having a closed configuration and an opened configuration. The slit is in the closed configuration when the barrier is in the relaxed position and in the opened configuration when the barrier is in the biased position. The barrier is configured to be mechanically deformed from the relaxed position to the biased position by a septum actuator that advances against a proximal surface of the barrier without traversing the barrier.
Abstract:
A system includes an intravenous catheter having a catheter chamber, a catheter line for insertion into a blood vessel of the identified patient, and an electronically actuatable blocking member providing selective fluid communication between the catheter chamber and the catheter line. A reader is secured to the catheter chamber for reading an identification code that identifies a liquid in a syringe received within the catheter chamber. A control system accesses an electronic patient record that includes medical information specific to an identified patient and runs an application program logically associating the intravenous catheter and the medical information specific to the identified patient, determining whether the administration of the identified liquid to the identified patient is compatible within the medical information specific to the identified patient, and controlling electronic actuation of the blocking member.
Abstract:
A hemostasis mechanism includes a housing having a valve body, a connector coupled to a distal end of the valve body, and a cap coupled to a proximal end of the valve body. A first valve is within the housing and has a fixed state of axial compression between the valve body and the cap. A second valve is within the housing and has a range of states of axial compression between the valve body and the connector. The first valve has a self-closing bias and forms a lower pressure seal about a medical device pushed therethrough. The second valve has a self-opening bias and forms a higher pressure seal about the medical device via adjustment of its state of axial compression.