US 12,239,804 B2
Umbilical arterial catheterization device
David Paul, Wilmington, DE (US); Pedro Urday, Mt. Laurel, NJ (US); Mary Lemma, West Chester, PA (US); Ally McCabe, York, PA (US); Nathan Patel, Newark, DE (US); Sienna Pyle, Philadelphia, PA (US); Joseph Michael Korn, Laurel Springs, NJ (US); Rachael Nicole Passantino, Nyack, NY (US); Sarah Anne Geissler, Colts Neck, NJ (US); and Zankar Mihir Modi, Hockessin, DE (US)
Assigned to CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 18/035,040
Filed by Christiana Care Health System, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/059364
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/104198, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,176, filed on Nov. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381458 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 25/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61M 25/02 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0213 (2013.01); A61M 2025/026 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01); A61M 2205/586 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. An umbilical arterial catheterization device configured for catheterization of an artery of a human's umbilical cord, the umbilical arterial catheterization device comprising:
a brace comprising a body adapted to support and stabilize a free end of the umbilical cord; and
a dilator comprising:
a hook having a tip dimensioned for receipt within the artery of the umbilical cord; and
a catch joined to said hook and operable to fix said dilator to said brace;
whereby said hook of said catch may be positioned within a lumen of the artery of the umbilical cord to dilate said artery while said brace is supporting and stabilizing the free end of the umbilical cord, and said catch may be secured to said brace in a desired position relative to said brace to maintain the artery in a dilated position.