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US 9,883,853 B2Granted
Intraosseous device couplers, drivers, kits, and methods
AssigneeTeleflex Medical Devices S.àR.L.
InventorsSteven Paul Woodard, Michel Yoon
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Abstract
This disclosure includes various embodiments of couplers for coupling intraosseous (IO) devices and drivers, and various embodiments of drivers and kits.
Claims12
A coupler comprising:
- a hollow sleeve having a first end and a second end;
- where the first end of the sleeve has a first opening sized to correspond to a portion of a hub of an intraosseous (“IO”) device and configured to receive the hub of the IO device;
- where the second end of the sleeve has a second opening configured to receive a portion of a driver;
- where the sleeve prevents a rotation of a driveshaft of the driver relative to the IO device when the portion of the hub is received in the first opening of the sleeve and the portion of the driver is received in the second opening of the sleeve;
- where the hub is configured to rotate relative to the sleeve when the portion of the hub is received in the first opening of the sleeve and the portion of the driver is received in the second opening of the sleeve;
- where the portion of the driver comprises a driveshaft and a shroud portion spaced from the driveshaft;
- where a projection is disposed on the shroud portion, the projection extending radially outward from the shroud portion;
- where the second end of the sleeve comprises a wall defining a L-shaped slot;
- and
- where the projection is configured to be disposed in the L-shaped slot when the portion of the driver is received in the second opening of the sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.