Systems and methods for facilitating instrument delivery through a peripheral intravenous catheter
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsOlivia Hu, Yiping Ma, Curtis H. Blanchard, Jonathan Karl Burkholz
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Abstract
A system for facilitating instrument delivery through a peripheral intravenous catheter may include a catheter adapter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending there through. The catheter adapter may include a side port. The system may include an extension tube extending from the side port. The system may include a blood control valve disposed in the lumen of the catheter adapter. The system may include a peripheral intravenous catheter extending distally from the catheter adapter.
Claims16
A system for facilitating instrument delivery through a peripheral intravenous catheter, comprising:
- a catheter adapter comprising an integrally formed body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending there through, the catheter adapter having a side port;
- an extension tube extending from the side port;
- a blood control valve disposed in the lumen of the integrally formed body of the catheter adapter, wherein the blood control valve is disc-shaped and configured to vent air when closed, wherein a proximal end of the blood control valve is distal to the side port, wherein in response to coupling of a distal connector to the proximal end of the catheter adapter, the blood control valve is configured to be opened by a cannula of the distal connector, wherein the lumen of the catheter adapter does not include a separate actuator;
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- a peripheral intravenous catheter extending distally from the catheter adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.