# US 10,500,374 B2 · Medical device insertion apparatus, system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,374 B2 - Document ID: US10500374B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/468,412 - Filed: 2017-03-24 - Published: 2017-07-13 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-22 - Assignees: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Applicants: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Inventors: Dean Kamen; Brian H. Yoo; Brain D. Tracey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500374B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/0606: {"Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters} - A61B 17/3415: {for introducing tubes or catheters, e.g. gastrostomy tubes, drain catheters (A61B17/3417 takes precedence; body piercing catheter guide needles A61M25/06)} - A61M 25/0693: {Flashback chambers} - A61B 18/042: {using additional gas becoming plasma} - A61B 2090/08021: {of the patient or his organs} - A61M 25/10: Balloon catheters ({A61M25/0125 takes precedence; embolectomy A61B17/22032; retractors A61B17/02;} inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts A61F2/958 {; stomach balloons for treatment of obesity A61F5/0003; oesophagal tubes A61J15/00}) - A61M 2205/75: with filters - B23K 10/00: Welding or cutting by means of a plasma - 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)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM ## Abstract An insertion device is disclosed. The insertion device includes a base portion, a top portion slidably connected to the base portion, an introduction needle, a catheter in slidable relation to the introduction needle, and a substantially cylindrical flash chamber, the flash chamber having an inlet in fluid communication with the introduction needle. The flash chamber is connected to the base portion, the top portion slidably engages with the flash chamber, and the catheter and the top portion slidably advance with respect to the introduction needle and the base portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An insertion device comprising: a base portion; a top portion slidably connected to the base portion; an introduction needle; a locking mechanism having a first end and a second end, the locking mechanism located on the base portion; and a clip connected to the top portion, wherein the clip adapted to accommodate and control the locking mechanism and wherein the clip slidably engages the locking mechanism, wherein as the top portion slidably advances with respect to the base portion, the clip slidably advances from the first end of the locking mechanism to the second end of the locking mechanism, whereby the locking mechanism moves from an unlocked to a locked position and whereby in the locked position, the top portion is positioned about the introduction needle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The insertion device of claim 1, further comprising a flash chamber connected to the base portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The insertion device of claim 2, wherein the flash chamber further comprising an insert. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The insertion device of claim 3, wherein the insert is a cylindrical insert. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The insertion device of claim 3, wherein the insert comprising a color contrasting to the color of a flash fluid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The insertion device of claim 3, wherein the insert comprising a wicking material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The insertion device of claim 6, wherein the wicking material further comprising an assay test strip wherein the assay test strip indicates the presence of one or more indicators in a fluid. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The insertion device of claim 2, wherein the flash chamber further comprising a filter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The insertion device of claim 8, wherein the filter comprising a membrane material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The insertion device of claim 2, wherein the flash chamber further comprising an expandable membrane in fluid communication with the introduction needle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The insertion device of claim 2, wherein the top portion further comprising an opening to at least a portion of the flash chamber whereby the flash chamber may be viewed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The insertion device of claim 1, further comprising a needle guard removably connected to the base portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The insertion device of claim 1, further comprising a catheter in slidable relation to the introduction needle, wherein the catheter further comprising: a distal end comprising a non-perpendicular angle to the axis of the catheter and conforming to a keel of the introduction needle. ### Claim 14 An insertion device comprising: a base portion; a top portion slidably connected to the base portion; a flash chamber, the flash chamber having an inlet and adapted for connection to an introduction needle, wherein the top portion slidably engages with the flash chamber; and a locking mechanism having a first end and a second end, the locking mechanism located on the base portion; and a clip connected to the top portion, wherein the clip adapted to accommodate and control the locking mechanism and wherein the clip slidably engages the locking mechanism, wherein as the top portion slidably advances with respect to the base portion, the clip slidably advances from the first end of the locking mechanism to the second end of the locking mechanism, whereby the locking mechanism moves from an unlocked to a locked position and whereby in the locked position, the top portion is positioned about the introduction needle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The insertion device of claim 14, wherein the flash chamber further comprising an insert. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The insertion device of claim 15, wherein the insert is a cylindrical insert.