Multi-use blood control safety catheter assembly

US11931532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Weston F. Harding · Lehi, US
• Siddarth K. Shevgoor · Laguna Beach, US
• Lawrence J. Trainer · Murray, US
• Yiping Ma · Layton, US
• Sivaramakrishnan Balasubramanian · Morrisville, US
• Patrick Downie · Apex, US
• Jon Burkholz · Salt Lake City, US
• Shawn Ray Isaacson · Layton, US
• Jeff O'Bryan · Leawood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2039/226
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A valve actuator that moves in a catheter assembly between a first position where a valve is closed and a second position where the valve is open, the valve actuator including a shaft portion at a distal end of the valve actuator that is configured to pierce the valve, a mating portion at a proximal end of the valve actuator that is configured to engage a Luer device, a diameter reduction region that connects the shaft portion and the mating portion, and a plurality of windows that extend through the valve actuator for flushing fluid, the plurality of windows being disposed in the diameter reduction region, wherein each of the plurality of windows does not extend a full length of the diameter reduction region.