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AssigneeC. R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsRex A. Ribelin, Daniel B. Blanchard, Matthew C. Rich, Jay A. Muse
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A catheter insertion device includes a housing, a needle coupled to a needle hub, a catheter pre-disposed over the needle, a guidewire pre-disposed in a lumen of the needle, a guidewire advancement assembly configured to distally advance the guidewire with respect to the needle, and a catheter advancement assembly configured to distally advance the catheter with respect to the needle. The needle hub can be fixed to an interior of the housing with a distal section of the needle extending from the housing. The catheter advancement assembly can include a tail portion to engage the needle hub in order to prevent movement of the catheter advancement assembly. The catheter insertion device can also include a flash indicator with an elongate channel in fluid communication with the needle lumen. The elongate channel can include a viewable pathway to indicate to a user that the needle tip is within a blood vessel.
A catheter insertion device, comprising:
The catheter insertion device according to 1, wherein the elongate channel is included in a translucent portion of the catheter insertion device.
The catheter insertion device according to 1, wherein the guidewire advancement assembly includes a slide member coupled to the guidewire, the guidewire having a distal end in the lumen of the needle in a slide member first position, the guidewire moving distal of the distal end of the needle in a slide member second position, the slide member second position being distal of the slide member first position.
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