Cantilever push tab for an intravenous medical device
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsWilliam G. Moulton, Christopher N. Cindrich
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Abstract
A combination cantilever push tab and finger rest is associated with the needle shield and extends distally from the distal end of the needle shield. The cantilever push tab and finger rest includes a cantilever portion that extends distally from the needle shield, preferably from an exterior surface of the needle shield, and an upstanding tab portion at the distal end of the cantilever portion. This configuration causes the upstanding tab to extend over the proximal portion of the catheter adapter and allows a clinician to insert a catheter using virtually any clinically acceptable technique for inserting a catheter into a patient.
Claims10
A needle assembly, comprising:
- an introducer needle having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a needle hub connected to the proximal end of the introducer needle;
- a needle shield having an external surface, a distal end and a proximal end and being slidably disposed about the introducer needle distal of the needle hub;
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- a push tab extending distally from the distal end of the needle shield.
A catheter and introducer needle assembly, comprising:
- a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a catheter adapter connected to the proximal end of the catheter and having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an introducer needle having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a needle hub connected to the proximal end of the introducer needle;
- a needle shield having an external surface, a distal end and a proximal end and being slidably disposed about the introducer needle distal of the needle hub;
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- a push tab extending distally from the distal end of the needle shield over the proximal end of the catheter hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.