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US 2019/0160264 A1Published application
Catheter assembly
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorS. Ray Isaacson
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Abstract
A catheter assembly including a catheter carried by a catheter adapter, a needle having a sharp distal tip and disposed in the catheter such that in a first needle position, the needle extending beyond the catheter, a septum actuator having openings, the septum actuator disposed in the catheter adapter and configured to pierce a septum, and a spring clip disposed in the septum actuator and engaging the openings of the septum actuator in the first needle position.
Claims20
A catheter assembly comprising:
- a catheter carried by a catheter adapter;
- a needle having a sharp distal tip and disposed in the catheter such that in a first needle position, the needle extends beyond the catheter;
- a septum actuator having openings, the septum actuator disposed in the catheter adapter and configured to pierce a septum;
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- a spring clip disposed in the septum actuator and engaging the openings of the septum actuator in the first needle position.
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