Patent · US Active

Closed system catheter

US10675440B2 · kind B2 · utility

23Cited by

113References

32Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · US

Inventors

James Edward Abitabilo · Bristol, US
Gursel Akcay · Madison, US
Jay Breindel · Branford, US
Harsh D. Chheda · Cheshire, US
Kathryn Felicito · Cheshire, US
David J. Goral · Brookfield, US
James Muskatello · Southington, US
Christopher Roehl · 3a Avenida SO, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2205/582
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A catheter hub assembly. The catheter hub assembly includes a catheter hub body, a septum and a septum retainer, the catheter hub body having a distal end, a proximal and an internal wall defining an internal fluid passageway therebetween, the internal wall defining a transitional step within the internal fluid passageway, the septum positioned within the internal fluid passageway such that a distal end of the septum abuts up against the transitional step, the septum retainer at least partially receivable within the internal fluid passageway and having an outer wall shaped and sized to interlock with the inner wall of the catheter hub body, the outer wall including one or more lateral ribs configured to inhibit rotation of the septum retainer relative to the catheter hub body.

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