Catheter-Positioning Slide Cover Clamp Assembly

A catheter system comprising:

• a flexible catheter;
• and
• a catheter clamp assembly comprising:
• a base that includes:
• a bottom and a top,
• a body having a slide cover track, the body having internal walls defining a catheter opening extending from the bottom to the top, the body further defining a catheter channel extending from the catheter opening to a sidewall exit;
• and
• a slide cover slidably engaged with the slide cover track, the slide cover including a prong extending from the lower surface of the cover to engage with a wall defining the catheter opening and for clamping a catheter in the catheter channel;
• wherein the slide cover has a first location for providing access to thread a catheter through the catheter opening and a second location that securely clamps a catheter in the catheter channel, such that moving the slide cover from its first location to its second location simultaneously contacts a length of a catheter extending through the catheter opening and positions it in the catheter channel for securement by the slide cover when it reaches its second location.

A catheter clamp assembly comprising:

• a base that includes:
• a bottom and a top,
• a body having a pair of opposed sides having recesses defined therein, the body having internal walls defining a catheter opening extending from the bottom to the top, the body further defining a catheter channel extending from the catheter opening to a sidewall exit;
• and
• a slide cover including:
• an upper surface and a lower surface, a first edge and an opposed second edge, and catches located on the first and second edges to slidably engage the cover with the recesses defined in the body of the base,
• a prong extending from the lower surface of the cover to engage with a wall defining the catheter opening and for clamping a catheter against the catheter channel;
• wherein the slide cover has a first location providing access to thread a catheter through the catheter opening and a second location that securely clamps a catheter in the catheter channel, such that moving the slide cover from its first location to its second location simultaneously contacts a length of a catheter extending generally in a first direction through the catheter opening and positions it in a second, generally perpendicular direction in the catheter channel for securement when the slide cover reaches its second location.