# US 10,245,415 B2 · Medical article with rotatable wings > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,415 B2 - Document ID: US10245415B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/637,987 - Filed: 2017-06-29 - Published: 2017-10-19 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2010-03-03 - Assignees: Venetec International, Inc. - Applicants: Venetec International, Inc. - Inventors: Rafael V. Andino; Christopher J. Brooks - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245415B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - A61M 25/0015: {Making lateral openings in a catheter tube, e.g. holes, slits, ports, piercings of guidewire ports; Methods for processing the holes, e.g. smoothing the edges} - A61M 25/0097: {characterised by the hub (tube connectors or tube couplings A61M39/10)} - A61M 25/0606: {"Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters} - A61M 25/0637: {Butterfly or winged devices, e.g. for facilitating handling or for attachment to the skin} - A61M 39/1011: {Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties (A61M39/16 takes precedence)} - A61M 2025/0266: {using pads, patches, tapes or the like} - Y10T 29/49817: with other than ancillary treating or assembling - Y10T 29/49895: Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"] - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A medical device assembly includes a catheter with a catheter hub, a housing, a first wing, and a second wing. The housing surrounds the catheter hub, but is spaced from the catheter hub to define a channel. The first wing includes a first hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the first wing about the catheter hub. The second wing includes a second hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the second wing about the catheter hub. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical device assembly, comprising: a catheter, including a catheter hub; a housing surrounding the catheter hub, the housing spaced from the catheter hub such that a channel is defined therebetween; a first wing having a first hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the first wing about the catheter hub, the first wing extending from the catheter hub in a first direction; and a second wing having a second hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the second wing about the catheter hub, the second wing extending from the catheter hub in a second direction opposite the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the catheter includes a bevel rotationally aligned with the first wing when the first wing is in an insertion position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on each of the first wing and the second wing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the catheter hub comprises a luer connector configured to connect the catheter hub with a medical line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first wing is designed to rotate independently from the second wing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first wing and the second wing are connected such that rotation of the first wing simultaneously rotates the second wing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first wing and the second wing are spring-loaded to bias rotation of the first wing away from the second wing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a handpiece including a slot, wherein at least a portion of the first wing is received within the slot when the first wing is in an insertion position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medical device assembly according to claim 8, wherein the slot inhibits free rotation of the first wing out of the insertion position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The medical device assembly according to claim 8, wherein an end of the catheter hub is received within the slot. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first wing and the second wing includes a protrusion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The medical device assembly according to claim 11, wherein the housing includes at least one detent configured to engage with the protrusion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The medical device assembly according to claim 1, wherein a radially outer portion of the first wing is releasably attached to a radially outer portion of the second wing in an insertion position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medical device assembly according to claim 13, wherein the radially outer portions of the first wing and the second wing are designed to be detached following insertion of the catheter into a patient and rotated away from one another toward the patient. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The medical device assembly according to claim 14, further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on each of the first wing and the second wing, the adhesive layer designed to adhere to the patient.