Catheter feeder
OwnerBryan Tamao Archpruinventor
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Abstract
A catheter feeder has a connector for accepting engagement of a hollow needle. A top region, adjacent to the connector, has a first chamber sized to receive a catheter. The first chamber extends through the top region and through the connector allowing the catheter to enter the hollow needle through the first chamber. A handle has a second chamber sized to receive the catheter. The chamber tunnels completely through the handle. A curved thumb slide, between the top region and the handle, is composed of a region between the first chamber and the second chamber where the catheter is exposed and available to be manipulated by a thumb of an operator.
Claims20
A catheter feeder, comprising:
- a connector for accepting engagement of a hollow needle;
- a top region adjacent to the connector, the top region having a first chamber sized to receive a catheter, the first chamber extending through the top region and through the connector allowing the catheter to enter the hollow needle through the first chamber;
- a handle, the handle having a second chamber sized to receive the catheter, the chamber tunneling completely through the handle;
- and,
- a curved thumb slide between the top region and the handle, the curved thumb slide composed of a region between the first chamber and the second chamber where the catheter is exposed and available to be manipulated by a thumb of an operator, the curved thumb slide forcing the catheter to have a curved shape where the catheter passes through the region between the first chamber and the second chamber.
A system configured for the continuous delivery of local anesthesia, comprising:
- a catheter, the catheter being a continuous peripheral nerve catheter;
- a hollow needle, the hollow needle being a hollow continuous peripheral nerve block needle;
- a catheter feeder, comprising:
- a connector for accepting engagement of the hollow needle,
- a top region adjacent to the connector, the top region having a first chamber sized to receive the catheter, the first chamber extending through the top region and through the connector allowing the catheter to enter the hollow needle through the first chamber,
- a handle, the handle having a second chamber sized to receive the catheter, the chamber tunneling completely through the handle, and
- a curved thumb slide between the top region and the handle, the curved thumb slide composed of a region between the first chamber and the second chamber where the catheter is exposed and available to be manipulated by a thumb of an operator, the curved thumb slide forcing the catheter to have a curved shape where the catheter passes through the region between the first chamber and the second chamber.
A catheter feeder, comprising:
- a connector for accepting engagement of a hollow needle;
- a top region adjacent to the connector, the top region having a first chamber sized to receive a catheter, the first chamber extending through the top region and through the connector allowing the catheter to enter the hollow needle through the first chamber;
- a handle, the handle having a second chamber sized to receive the catheter, the chamber tunneling completely through the handle;
- and,
- a curved thumb slide between the top region and the handle, the curved thumb slide composed of a curved region between the first chamber and the second chamber where the catheter is exposed and available to be manipulated by a thumb of an operator, wherein the curved region is curved so that the catheter exits the second chamber and curves before entering the first chamber, the curved region forcing the catheter to have a curved shape where the catheter passes through the curved region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.