US 11,439,794 B2Granted

Catheter insertion device with improved flashback response

AssigneeSmiths Medical ASD, Inc.

InventorsTimothy Ebner, Kathryn Felicito, Harsh Chheda

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Abstract

In various embodiments, an improved catheter insertion device is described that provides an improved flashback response and use for deep vein access. In various embodiments, the improved flashback response comprises two separate and distinct flash events, the first indicating insertion of a cannula in a blood vessel, and a second indicating insertion of a catheter in the blood vessel. The two flash responses are made possible by a combination of features provided on the cannula, such as including a view window in the cannula and a flat relief portion on the outer surface of the cannula at the distal opening.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A catheter insertion device comprising:

a catheter hub comprising a catheter extending distally from the catheter hub to a distal end, the catheter having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a fluidic passageway therethrough, the catheter hub comprising an interior cavity and a septum contained therein;
a cannula axially movable through the septum and the catheter, the cannula having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a central bore therethrough, and a distal opening in the shape of a bevel having a length D4 and ending distally at a sharp distal tip;
and
a fenestration radially disposed through a wall of the cannula into the central bore of the cannula, the fenestration having a proximal edge and a distal edge on the outer surface of the cannula defining an axial length of the fenestration,
wherein an annular space is present between the inner surface of the catheter and the outer surface of the cannula when the cannula is within the fluidic passageway of the catheter;
wherein the distal end of the catheter is tapered such that a circumferential seal is present between the inner surface of the catheter and the outer surface of the cannula at the distal end of the catheter when the distal opening of the cannula extends distally beyond the distal end of the catheter;
wherein the cannula further comprises a flat relief portion extending proximally on the cannula by a length D3 beginning from a position proximal to the distal opening of the cannula and configured to provide a fluidic pathway under said circumferential seal for blood to flow proximally into the annular space, and a circumferentially enlarged portion positioned between a proximal end of the flat relief portion and the distal edge of the fenestration providing a seal within the annular space around the circumferentially enlarged portion;
wherein a distance D1 between the sharp distal tip of the cannula and the proximal edge of the fenestration is greater than a length of the septum;
and
wherein a distance D2 between the sharp distal tip of the cannula and the distal edge of the fenestration is less than a length of the septum.

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A catheter insertion device, comprising:

a catheter hub having an open end and a distal end, an interior cavity defined in the catheter hub between the open end and the distal end, a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end connected to the distal end of the catheter hub to establish a through passage between the distal end of the catheter and the interior cavity of the catheter hub;
a septum having a given length fitted to the interior cavity of the catheter hub distal the proximal end of the catheter hub;
a cannula having a shaft defining a lumen, the shaft including a distal tip, the cannula axially movable through the septum into the interior cavity of the catheter hub and the catheter such that the distal tip of the cannula extends beyond the distal end of the catheter in a ready position, a fenestration at a wall of the cannula proximal the distal tip providing an opening to the lumen, the fenestration having a distal edge and a proximal edge;
wherein the distance between the distal tip of the cannula and the proximal edge of the fenestration is greater than the length of the septum, and the distance between the distal tip of the cannula and the distal edge of the fenestration is not greater than the length of the septum such that, as the cannula is withdrawn through the septum, the fenestration is partially occluded by the septum when the distal tip of the cannula is withdrawn into and sealed by the septum.

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A method of making a catheter insertion device, comprising the steps of:

providing a catheter hub having an open end and a distal end, and an interior cavity between the open end and the distal end;
connecting a proximal end of a catheter to the distal end of the catheter hub to establish a through passage between the distal end of the catheter and the interior cavity of the catheter hub, the catheter having a distal end;
fitting a septum having a given length to the interior cavity of the catheter hub distal the proximal end and spaced from the distal end of the catheter hub;
extending a cannula having a lumen and a distal tip through the septum into the interior cavity of the catheter hub and the catheter such that the distal tip of the cannula extends beyond the distal end of the catheter in a ready position, a fenestration having a distal edge and a proximal edge at a wall of the cannula proximal the distal tip providing an opening to the lumen;
effecting the distance between the distal tip of the cannula and the proximal edge of the fenestration to be greater than the length of the septum;
and
effecting the distance between the distal tip of the cannula and the distal edge of the fenestration to be not greater than the length of the septum;
wherein when the cannula is withdrawn proximally from the catheter hub, the cannula is axially moved through the septum and the catheter such that the fenestration is partially occluded by the septum when the distal tip of the cannula is withdrawn into and sealed by the septum.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/811,714Filed 6 Mar 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Mar 2019
Published: US 2020/0282184 A110 Sep 2020
Granted: 13 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61M 25/0693
Body-piercing guide needles or the like: flashback chambers
A61B 5/15003
Source of blood: for venous or arterial blood
A61M 25/0097
Catheters; Hollow probes: characterised by the hub
A61M 25/0606
Body-piercing guide needles or the like: "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters

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Application62/815,066Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2019
US 2020/0282184 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Sep 2020
US 11,439,794 B2This patent

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