Integrated Catheter System for Blood Draw at the Time of Placement and with Enabling Feature for Blood Draw During Indwell

Abstract

An integrated peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter configured for blood draw both at the time of catheter placement and during catheter indwell. The peripheral IV catheter includes a catheter adapter having a catheter configured to be inserted into a patient's vasculature and a side inlet defining a fluid pathway into and out of the catheter. The peripheral IV catheter also includes a side port member having a main branch, the main branch including a distal end configured to couple the side port member to the side inlet of the catheter adapter and a connector portion accessible via a proximal end of the main branch. Additionally, the peripheral IV catheter includes a blood collection adapter removably and directly coupled to the connector portion of the side port member at the proximal end of the main branch. Furthermore, side pore member of the peripheral IV catheter may include a side branch.

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