Catheter Placement System
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJack Balji, Ashley Rachel Rothenberg
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Abstract
A system may include an intravenous (IV) catheter comprising a first portion configured to be inserted into a vein of a patient and a second portion configured to remain outside a patient when the first portion is inserted into the patient. The IV catheter may include a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of a fluid associated with the IV catheter. A method may include receiving data associated with the pressure of the fluid associated with the IV catheter, and determining whether the IV catheter is inserted into the vein of the patient based on the pressure of the fluid associated with the IV catheter.
Claims34
A system, comprising:
- an intravenous (IV) catheter comprising a first portion configured to be inserted into a vein of a patient and a second portion configured to remain outside a patient when the first portion is inserted into the patient;
- a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of a fluid associated with the second portion of the IV catheter;
- and
- a signal generator configured to transmit a signal that causes a pressure of a fluid associated with the vein of the patient to fluctuate,
- wherein the second portion of the IV catheter comprises the pressure sensor configured to detect the pressure of a fluid associated with the second portion of the IV catheter.
A system, comprising:
- an intravenous (IV) catheter comprising a first portion configured to be inserted into a vein of a patient and a second portion configured to remain outside a patient when the first portion is inserted into the patient;
- a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of a fluid associated with the vein of the patient;
- and
- a signal generator configured to transmit a signal that causes a pressure of a fluid associated with the vein of the patient to fluctuate,
- wherein the second portion of the IV catheter comprises the signal generator configured to transmit the signal that causes a pressure of a fluid associated with the IV catheter to fluctuate.
-47. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.