	US 12,303,658 B2
	Support devices for bodily fluid transfer systems and methods of using the same
Brian Funk, San Francisco, CA (US); and Pitamber Devgon, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Velano Vascular, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Velano Vascular, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/618,533.
Application 18/618,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/698,550, filed on Mar. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,969,562.
Application 17/698,550 is a continuation of application No. 16/233,801, filed on Dec. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,305,097, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/610,598, filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0238566 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/153 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)

CPC A61M 25/0662 (2013.01) [A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61B 5/150992 (2013.01); A61B 5/153 (2013.01); A61M 25/0075 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0079 (2013.01); A61M 25/0102 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0413 (2013.01); A61M 2210/12 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An access device comprising:

a lumen-defining device having a proximal end and a distal end, the lumen-defining device having an open end at the proximal end, and an open end at the distal end, and defining a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end;

a support member having a proximal end and a distal end, the support member disposed within the lumen of the lumen-defining device; and

a hub having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the hub configured to be coupled to the proximal end of the lumen-defining device and the proximal end of the support member,

wherein the support member and the lumen-defining device are flexible, and

wherein, when the lumen-defining device and the support member are bent, the support member supports at least a portion of the lumen-defining device without occluding or blocking the entire lumen.