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.
Claims13
A catheter lock system comprising:
- a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion that are movably coupled to each other between:
- (i) a locked configuration in which the first and second portions are inseparable from each other and (ii) an unlocked configuration in which the first and second portions are separable from each other, the housing defining an internal space configured to releasably receive a portion of a catheter;
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- one or more spring-loaded pins coupled to the first portion, wherein each spring-loaded pin projects into an opening of one or more openings defined by the second portion when the housing is in the locked configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.