Device for introducing a catheter with a security non-piercing cage provided with a flexible blade
US7682331B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2005/3249
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for introducing a catheter into a body site through the skin by means of an security non-piercing cage includes a steel spring flexible blade which is disposed in the cross section of the chamber of the nonpiercing cage near the proximal input thereof perpendicularly to a needle and is penetrable by the needle. The blade and the needle are adapted to interact in such a way that the blade is in a resting position and freely transversable by the needle when the needle is pushed in a distal direction, and the blade stops the needle and is flexed thereby when the needle is pulled in a proximal direction beyond a determined axial position in such a way that the flexed blade tilts the needle and exposes the inclined needle to a restoring force which pushes the needle off in the distal direction until the puncture end is stopped against the chamber wall. The invention can be used for intravenous catheters.
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