# US 6,719,135 B2 · Catheter packaging device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,719,135 B2 - Document ID: US6719135B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/028,042 - Filed: 2001-12-21 - Published: 2002-09-19 - Granted: 2004-04-13 - Earliest claimed: 2001-03-16 - Assignees: Scimed Lifesystems, Inc. - Inventors: Brian O. Armijo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6719135B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A holder for holding and retaining a catheter during storage, shipping, and prior to use in a patient is described. The holder includes a first member and a second member attached to a central hub, the first and second members designed and configured to releasably retain the distal and proximal ends of the catheter. Also attached to the central hub is a plurality of retaining members for receiving and retaining the elongate catheter body in a coiled configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A holder for retaining a catheter, comprising: a central hub; a first member attached to the hub, said first member having (i) an end stop, (ii) a recessed channel configured to receive a catheter's distal end region; and (iii) a recessed pocket member configured to receive an accessory disposed in the catheter's distal end region; a second member attached to the hub and configured to releasably retain a catheter proximal end accessory; and a plurality of retaining members attached to the hub, said retaining members configured to receive and retain an elongate catheter body wherein at least one retaining member from said plurality of retaining members comprises a recessed channel for receiving the catheter body and a lip movably mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position toward and away from said recessed channel. ### Claim 2 A holder for retaining a catheter, comprising: a central hub; a first member attached to the hub, said first member having (i) an end stop, (ii) a recessed channel configured to receive a catheter's distal end region; and (iii) a recessed pocket member configured to receive an accessory disposed in the catheter's distal end region; a second member attached to the hub and configured to releasably retain a catheter proximal end accessory: and a plurality of retaining members attached to the hub, said retaining members configured to receive and retain an elongate catheter body wherein said pocket member further comprises a cover movably mounted for movement between an open and a closed position toward and away from said pocket member. ### Claim 3 A holder for retaining a catheter, comprising: a central hub lying in a plane; a first member attached to the hub, said first member having (i) an end stop, (ii) a recessed channel configured to receive a catheter's distal end region; and (iii) a recessed pocket member configured to receive an accessory disposed in the catheter's distal end region a second member attached to the hub and configured to releasably retain a catheter proximal end accessory having a diameter; and a plurality of retaining members attached to the hub, said retaining members configured to receive and retain an elongate catheter body wherein said second member is dimensioned to releasably retain a proximal end accessory in a releasable fixture mounted on a base plate, said base plate offset from the plane in which the central hub lies by the diameter of the proximal end accessory. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The holder of claim 3, wherein said second member releasably retains a catheter proximal and accessory by means of a snap fitting. ### Claim 5 A holder for retaining a catheter, comprising: a central hub; a first member attached to the hub, said first member having (i) an end stop, (ii) a recessed channel configured to receive a catheter's distal end region; and (iii) a recessed pocket member configured to receive an accessory disposed in the catheter's distal end region; a second member attached to the hub and configured to releasably retain a catheter proximal end accessory; and a plurality of retaining members attached to the hub, said retaining members configured to receive and retain an elongate catheter body wherein said first member and said second member are oriented such that a catheter when placed in said holder overlaps on itself at a point of intersection between the recessed channel in the first member and a recessed channel in the second member, said holder further comprising a retaining member disposed at said point of intersection, said retaining member having a movable lip for movement between an open and a closed position over said recessed channel. ### Claim 6 A holder for retaining a catheter, comprising: a central hub; a first member attached to and radially extending from the hub, said first member having (i) an end stop, (ii) a recessed channel configured to receive a catheter's distal end region; and (iii) a recessed pocket member configured to receive an accessory disposed in the catheter's distal end region; a second member attached to and radially extending from the hub and configured to releasably retain a catheter proximal end accessory; and a plurality of retaining members attached to the hub, said retaining members configured to receive and retain an elongate catheter body.