US 11,771,882 B2
Catheter adapters
Joseph Spataro, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,062.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,375, filed on Aug. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052879 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/10 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter assembly comprising:
a catheter adapter body, the catheter adapter body comprising:
a proximal end;
a distal end;
an inferior surface;
a superior surface, wherein the superior surface comprises an uppermost surface of the catheter assembly and is fixed with respect to the inferior surface, the distal end of the catheter adapter body and the proximal end of the catheter adapter body extending between the superior surface and the inferior surface; and
a catheter adapter channel formed within the catheter adapter body and having a linear axis extending from the superior surface through the distal end of the catheter adapter body; and
a catheter comprising:
a proximal end;
a distal end; and
a catheter lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the catheter,
wherein:
the proximal end of the catheter is coupled to the catheter adapter body such that the catheter lumen is in fluid communication with the catheter adapter channel and
an angle formed between the inferior surface of the catheter adapter body and a first longitudinal axis of the catheter adapter channel is greater than 4 degrees.