# US 10,369,330 B2 · Drainage catheter hub with a semi-compressed suture seal

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- Number: US 10,369,330 B2
- Document ID: US10369330B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/416,545
- Filed: 2017-01-26
- Published: 2017-08-17
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-02-11
- Assignees: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Applicants: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Inventors: Wen Hong Neoh; Gregory A. Frankland; Scott K. Philhower; Arman H. Valaie
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369330B2

## CPC

- A61M 25/0097: {characterised by the hub (tube connectors or tube couplings A61M39/10)}
- A61M 25/0043: {characterised by structural features}
- A61M 25/0133: {Tip steering devices}
- A61M 25/0147: {with movable mechanical means, e.g. pull wires}
- A61M 25/09: Guide wires
- A61M 27/00: Drainage appliance for wounds or the like {, i.e. wound drains, implanted drains} ({negative pressure wound therapy devices A61M1/90;} implements for holding wound open A61B17/02 {; middle ear drainage A61F11/202})
- A61M 39/1011: {Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties (A61M39/16 takes precedence)}
- A61M 2025/0063: {having means, e.g. stylets, mandrils, rods or wires to reinforce or adjust temporarily the stiffness, column strength or pushability of catheters which are already inserted into the human body}
- A61M 2025/09125: {Device for locking a guide wire in a fixed position with respect to the catheter or the human body}
- A61M 2039/1072: {with a septum present in the connector}
- A61M 2205/3334: Measuring or controlling the flow rate
- 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)}

## Abstract

Described are drainage catheter hub devices which seal the hub from leakage when connected to a catheter. The catheter hub includes a hub body having an aperture with a sealing element mounted therein and a fluid passageway that communicates with the aperture. The fluid passageway and sealing element are configured to receive a tension member. A lever arm attached to the hub body is operable to secure the position of the tension member in the sealing element in a locked position or allow movement of the tension member through the sealing element in an unlocked position. The lever arm is configured to engage and compress the sealing element to block fluid flow through the sealing element and the aperture when the lever arm is in any position. The hub body may include a centering tab to align the tension member along a longitudinal axis of the hub body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drainage catheter for introduction in a patient, comprising: an elongated tubular member, the tubular member having a distal end adapted for insertion into a patient, a proximal end, and a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough, the passageway sized to receive a tension member therein;
a drainage catheter hub attached to the proximal end of the tubular member, the drainage catheter hub includes a lever arm connected to a hub body and a sealing element configured to receive the tension member;
wherein the hub defines an aperture sized to receive the sealing element, the aperture extending from and communicating with the passageway of the tubular member to an exterior surface of the hub body, the aperture and the passageway aligned for fluid flow therethrough;
wherein the lever arm is configured to move between a locked position wherein the tension member is restrained from movement through the sealing element and an unlocked position wherein the tension member is movable through the sealing element, and the lever arm is further configured to compress the sealing element to block fluid flow through the sealing element and the aperture when the lever arm is in the unlocked and locked positions;
wherein the exterior surface of the hub body includes a plurality of hub serrated teeth positioned between the aperture and the centering tab, and
wherein an interior surface of the lever arm includes a plurality of lever arm serrated teeth that are arranged and configured to engage the plurality of hub serrated teeth to retain the tension member aligned along the longitudinal axis of the hub.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The drainage catheter according to claim 1, wherein the lever arm is rotatably connected to the hub body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The drainage catheter according to claim 2, wherein an angle of rotation for the lever arm relative to a longitudinal axis of the hub body is restricted from 0 degrees in the locked position to about 30 degrees in the unlocked position.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The drainage catheter according to claim 1, wherein the hub body includes a post and the lever arm includes a hole sized to receive the post therein to connect the lever arm to the hub body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The drainage catheter according to claim 1, wherein the exterior surface of the hub body includes a centering tab configured to align the tension member along a longitudinal axis of the hub body.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The drainage catheter according to claim 5, wherein the centering tab includes a vertical leg that extends from the exterior surface of the hub body to connect to a horizontal leg with a groove therebetween sized to retain the tension member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The drainage catheter according to claim 1, wherein the aperture includes a base end having a first diameter and in communication with the passageway and a tip end having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, the tip end in communication with the exterior surface of the hub, and the aperture having a body portion that spans between the base end and the tip end wherein the body portion has a variable diameter sized to receive a portion of the sealing element therein and to block fluid flow through the base end of the aperture.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The drainage catheter according to claim 1, wherein the lever arm is configured to compress the sealing element to block fluid flow through the sealing element and the aperture when the lever arm is in any position.

### Claim 9

A drainage catheter hub for use with a tension member and a drainage catheter, the drainage catheter hub comprising:
a hub body defining a fluid passageway in communication with a first aperture, the hub body adapted for attachment to the drainage catheter, the fluid passageway and the drainage catheter aligned for fluid flow therethrough;
a sealing element configured to receive the tension member, the sealing element sized for and positioned in the first aperture;
a lever arm connected to the hub body wherein the lever arm is configured to move relative to the hub body such that the tension member is restrained from movement through the sealing element when the lever arm is in a first position and the tension member is movable through the sealing element when the lever arm is in a second position, the lever arm further configured to engage and compress the sealing element to form a first seal around the tension member and a second seal with the first aperture to block fluid flow through the sealing element and the aperture when the lever arm is in any position
wherein the exterior surface of the hub body includes a plurality of hub serrated teeth positioned between the aperture and the centering tab, and
wherein an interior surface of the lever arm includes a plurality of lever arm serrated teeth that are arranged and configured to engage the plurality of hub serrated teeth to retain the tension member aligned along the longitudinal axis of the hub.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The drainage catheter hub according to claim 9, wherein the lever arm is rotatably connected to the hub body and an angle of rotation for the lever arm relative to a longitudinal axis of the hub body is restricted from 0 degrees in the first position to about 30 degrees in the second position.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The drainage catheter hub according to claim 10, wherein the hub body includes a post and the lever arm includes a hole sized to receive the post therein to connect the lever arm to the hub body.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The drainage catheter hub according to claim 9, wherein the sealing element is made of silicone, thermoplastic, or polyisoprene material.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The drainage catheter hub according to claim 9, wherein an exterior surface of the hub body includes a centering tab configured to align the tension member along a longitudinal axis of the hub body.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The drainage catheter according to claim 13, wherein the exterior surface of the hub body defines a second aperture sized to receive the tension member wherein the second aperture is aligned with the centering tab.

### Claim 15

A drainage catheter hub for use with a tension member and a drainage catheter, the drainage catheter hub comprising:
a hub body defining a fluid passageway in communication with an aperture, the hub body adapted for attachment to the drainage catheter, the fluid passageway and the drainage catheter aligned for fluid flow therethrough;
a sealing element configured to receive the tension member, the sealing element sized for and positioned in the aperture;
a lever arm attached to the hub body such that the lever arm is moveable between an unlocked position wherein the tension member is movable through the sealing element and a locked position wherein the tension member is restrained from movement through the sealing element, wherein the lever arm is configured to press against the sealing element to compress the sealing element to block fluid flow through the sealing element and the aperture in any position;
wherein an exterior surface of the hub body includes a plurality of hub serrated teeth, and
wherein an interior surface of the lever arm includes a plurality of lever arm serrated teeth that are arranged and configured to engage the plurality of hub serrated teeth to retain the tension member aligned along a longitudinal axis of the hub.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The drainage catheter according to claim 15, wherein an exterior surface of the hub body includes a centering tab configured to align the tension member along a longitudinal axis of the hub body and an interior surface of the lever arm includes a pocket sized to receive the centering tab in the locked position.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The drainage catheter according to claim 15, wherein the lever arm is rotatably connected to the hub body and an angle of rotation for the lever arm relative to a longitudinal axis of the hub body is restricted from 0 degrees in the locked position to about 30 degrees in the unlocked position.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The drainage catheter according to claim 15, wherein the lever arm includes a pair of protrusions to engage the hub body and retain the lever arm in the locked position.