US 5,203,774 AGranted

Device for use with a catheter

AssigneeC. R. Bard Ireland Limited

InventorsJames P. Gilson, Anthony F. Rickards

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Abstract

The device for use with a catheter includes a sleeve 21 for assembly onto the shaft of a catheter 1, between the catheter shaft and a Tuohy-Borst connector 3. The internal diameter of the sleeve 21 is complementary with the external diameter of the catheter 1 so that the catheter is movable within the sleeve. The external diameter of the sleeve is such that when the Tuohy-Borst connector is closed, a seal is formed between the sleeve and the connector. A flange 24 is provided at one end of the device for engagement with the connector, to prevent movement of the sleeve with the catheter. The internal diameter of the sleeve 21 is also complementary with the external diameter of the catheter 1 so as to provide an annular space about the catheter whereby, in use, a controlled amount of backbleed of blood is allowed.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A holding system for catheters of predetermined external diameters, said system including a connector with proximal and distal ends adapted to receive freely a catheter therethrough introduced through said proximal end, seal means within said connector for engaging a received catheter and providing a seal between said connector and the received catheter;

the improvement comprising a sleeve received through said proximal end of said connector in surrounding relation to a received catheter and between the received catheter and said connector, said sleeve having an internal diameter greater than and complementary with the external diameter of the received catheter to define a space about the received catheter within and along the length of said sleeve sufficient to allow backbleed of blood therethrough in a controlled manner, said seal means engaging with said sleeve and providing a seal between said connector and said sleeve, said sleeve precluding engagement of said seal means with the received catheter and being of sufficient rigidity to maintain said defined space for a controlled amount of backbleed of blood therethrough.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.