US 12,403,284 B2
Catheter assembly with angle changing and related methods
Curtis H. Blanchard, Riverton, UT (US); Megan Scherich, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US); and Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,545.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,638, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080153 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0097 (2013.01) [A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter assembly, comprising:
a catheter adapter, comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end;
a catheter secured within the catheter adapter and extending from the distal end of the catheter adapter;
an expandable support coupled to the catheter adapter, wherein the expandable support has an adjustable height configured to adjust an angle of the catheter adapter with respect to skin of the patient, wherein the adjustable height of the expandable support is configured to increase from a diminished position to an expanded position in response to an infusion of liquid or air into the expandable support.