US 8,801,696 B2Granted

Catheter hub assembly

AssigneeNavilyst Medical, Inc.

InventorsRichard Graffam, Ben Morris, Chuck Bourgeois

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Abstract

A catheter hub assembly comprising a hub body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a shaft having a first suture hole, a collar and a snap ring; a hub knob having a second suture hole and rotatably coupled to the hub body; and a hub cap having a snap rut wherein the snap ring fits into the snap rut. In one embodiment, the hub body includes a lock element; the hub knob includes a first tab element and a second tab element; and the hub cap includes a groove; wherein the first tab element engages the lock element; and wherein the second tab element engages the groove. In another embodiment, the hub cap includes a lock element comprising a resilient tab and a catch; the hub knob includes a catch tab; wherein the catch tab engages the catch of the lock element.

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Dependent claims

A catheter hub assembly comprising:

a hub knob member having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a through lumen, a suture hole extending from the outer surface to the inner surface through the lumen of the hub knob member, and the inner surface of the hub knob member having a first catch tab and a second catch tab;
a hub body member co-axially aligned within the inner surface of the hub knob member, the hub body member further comprising an exterior surface, an inner through lumen, a suture hole extending from the exterior surface of the hub body member to the inner lumen of the hub body member and a locking element disposed on the exterior surface of the hub body member;
a hub cap member, the hub cap member further comprising an exterior surface, a first resilient member and a second resilient member, a first non-resilient member and a second non-resilient member, the first resilient member having a first catch member and the second resilient member having a second catch member;
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the first catch tab aligns with the first catch member and the second catch tab aligns with the second catch member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.