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US 5,334,161 AGranted
Catheter with needle trap
OwnerSimon Gurmarnikinventor
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Abstract
A device for IV therapy and the like has a needle and a hollow catheter for inserting the needle and provided with a tip and a rear end having a first inlet with a membrane for introducing the needle and a second separate needle for connecting a syringe or IV tubing, to prevent a blood backflow when the needle is removed. The device also has a needle tip trap in which the needle tip is trapped when the needle is removed from the catheter.
Claims8
A device for IV therapy and the like, comprising a hollow catheter having a tip and a rear end;
- a needle insertable into said catheter, said rear end of said catheter having a first inlet provided with a membrane and formed so that said needle can be inserted through said first inlet and said membrane into said catheter, and a second separate inlet formed so that a syringe or an IV tubing can be inserted through said second inlet into said catheter;
- and a trap for a tip of said needle when said needle is withdrawn from said catheter so that the tip of the needle remains enclosed by and obstructed within said trap, said trap having a passage through which said needle moves and means for blocking said tip of said needle inside said passage and including a screw which is screwable through a wall of said trap so as to partially extend into said passage and clamp said tip of said needle in the latter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.