Soft push tabs for catheter adapter

US12296119B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Michael Garrison · Village of La Jolla, US
• Bart D. Peterson · Farmington, US
• Ralph L. Sonderegger · Farmington, US
• Jonathan Karl Burkholz · Salt Lake City, US
• Nathan Mitchell · Murray, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2024
• Grant date: May 13, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/0266
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An IV catheter system may have a catheter component and a needle component. The catheter component may have a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub. The push feature may have an outer surface that receives contact from a digit to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration, in which the needle is within the cannula, to a fluid delivery configuration, in which the needle is outside the catheter hub. The needle component may have a needle hub and a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis. The push feature may be formed of a flexible material that causes the push feature, in response to pressure exerted on the outer surface by a dressing securing the catheter component to a patient, to deflect the outer surface toward the cannula axis.