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US 2023/0398343 A1Published application
Catheter Connectors for ECG-based Catheter Positioning Systems
AssigneeNavi Medical Technologies Pty Ltd
InventorsAlexander NEWTON, Shing Yue SHEUNG, Christiane THEDA, Mubin YOUSUF
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Abstract
A catheter connector, comprising a body defining a lumen extending between first and second ends of the body, a cable port in a sidewall of the body between the first and second ends; and an electrode arranged internally of the sidewall and the cable port to provide electrically conductive contact between saline received in the lumen and an end of an electrical cable received in the cable port.
Claims11
A catheter connector, comprising:
- a body defining a lumen extending between first and second ends of the body;
- a cable port in a sidewall of the body between the first and second ends;
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- an electrode arranged internally of the sidewall and the cable port to provide electrically conductive contact between saline received in the lumen and an end of an electrical cable received in the cable port.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring positioning of a tip of a catheter within a patient using ECG electronics connected to the catheter via a catheter connector when removably connected to the ECG electronics via an electrical cable;
- disconnecting the electrical cable from the catheter connector after positioning of the tip of the catheter within the patient;
- reconnecting the electrical cable to the catheter connector to confirm positioning of the tip of catheter within the patient using the ECG electronics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.