Intravenous catheter lock
AssigneeMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
InventorsMichael Albus, Kara J. Bragg
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Abstract
A catheter lock system includes a clamshell housing comprising a body and a cover; one or more interlocking tabs of the body having a hook feature; compatible interlocking tabs of the cover configured to releasably engage with the interlocking tabs of the body; a key with one or more protrusions arranged at two different angles; one or more lock disc cams including a cam feature; wherein a rotation of the key is operable to cause the interlocking tabs of the body to release from the compatible interlocking tabs of the cover using each of the one or more protrusions of the key.
Claims15
A catheter lock system comprising:
- a housing comprising a base and a cover that are movably coupled to each other, the housing defining an internal space configured to releasably receive a portion of a catheter;
- a lock cylinder rotatably coupled to the base and comprising a latch member that is releasably engageable with the cover;
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- one or more wafers movably coupled to the lock cylinder,
- wherein the lock cylinder is rotatable relative to the base when each wafer is in an unlocked position, and
- wherein the lock cylinder is prevented from rotating relative to the base when at least one of the one or more wafers is not in the unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.