US 12,296,119 B2
Soft push tabs for catheter adapter
Michael Garrison, La Jolla, CA (US); Bart D. Peterson, Farmington, UT (US); Ralph L. Sonderegger, Farmington, UT (US); Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Nathan Mitchell, Murray, UT (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/642,514.
Application 18/642,514 is a continuation of application No. 16/601,320, filed on Oct. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,964,117.
Application 16/601,320 is a continuation of application No. 15/286,159, filed on Oct. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,814,106, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/296,383, filed on Feb. 17, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/296,385, filed on Feb. 17, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,599, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,621, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,617, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,624, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,596, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,607, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/247,626, filed on Oct. 28, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277973 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 5/162 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0606 (2013.01) [A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/1626 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); A61M 25/0637 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1585 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0266 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An IV catheter system comprising an insertion configuration and a fluid delivery configuration, the IV catheter system comprising:
a catheter component comprising:
a catheter hub comprising a catheter hub distal end and a catheter hub proximal end, wherein the catheter hub is shaped to define a chamber extending between the catheter hub distal end and the catheter hub proximal end, and a needle port at the catheter hub proximal end that provides access to the chamber;
a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub distal end along a cannula axis; and
a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub, wherein the push feature comprises an outer surface positioned to receive contact from a digit such that the digit urges the IV catheter system to move from the insertion configuration to the fluid delivery configuration; and
a needle component comprising:
a needle hub comprising a needle hub distal end and a needle hub proximal end; and
a needle extending distally from the needle hub distal end along a needle axis;
wherein, in the insertion configuration, the needle is positioned within the cannula and the needle hub distal end is seated in the needle port;
wherein, in the fluid delivery configuration, the needle is positioned outside the catheter hub;
wherein the push feature is 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 flex such that the outer surface deflects toward the cannula axis.