US 12,343,146 B2
Probe advancement device and related systems and methods
Curtis H. Blanchard, Riverton, UT (US); Adam J. Boud, Bluffdale, UT (US); and Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,554.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,377, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218252 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61M 39/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/150992 (2013.01) [A61M 39/12 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A probe advancement device configured to couple to a catheter assembly, the probe advancement device comprising:
a flexible housing comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
a probe advancement element coupled to the proximal end of the flexible housing, the probe advancement element comprising a probe extending in a distal direction within the flexible housing, wherein the flexible housing is configured to collapse along an axis in response to the probe being advanced in the distal direction; and
at least one support element disposed within the flexible housing,
wherein the probe extends through the at least one support element, and
wherein a distal end of the at least one support element comprises a male luer and a proximal end of the at least one support element comprises a female luer.