US 11,717,650 B2
Catheter stabilization platform, systems, and methods
Megan Scherich, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Curtis H Blanchard, Riverton, UT (US); Nathan Mitchell, Murray, UT (US); Tyler Warner, Bluffdale, UT (US); and David Myers, Draper, UT (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/547,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,297, filed on Sep. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0078565 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0631 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0637 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 25/02 (2013.01); A61M 25/0625 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 2025/024 (2013.01); A61M 2039/062 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0626 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1072 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment for a catheter assembly, the attachment comprising:
a wedge-shaped platform having an upper surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface is configured to contact skin of a patient, wherein the upper surface comprises a groove configured to be disposed underneath the catheter assembly and support the catheter assembly;
a snap feature coupled to the upper surface of the wedge-shaped platform, wherein the snap feature comprises an arm; and
a blunt cannula fixed with respect to the wedge-shaped platform and configured to be inserted into a proximal end of a catheter adapter of the catheter assembly, the blunt cannula extending distally from the snap feature beyond a distal end of the arm, wherein the groove is angled downwardly with respect to the skin of the patient and is configured to maintain a downward insertion angle for the catheter assembly with respect to the skin of the patient.