US 12,109,383 B2
Stabilizing connector devices for vascular access and methods of using the same
Brian Funk, San Francisco, CA (US); Pitamber Devgon, Philadelphia, PA (US); Albert G. Burdulis, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US); Joseph W. Jackson, Jr., Wilmington, DE (US); Andrew Mazzotta, Philadelphia, PA (US); Dylan J. Paproski, North Wales, PA (US); and Eric Sugalski, Berwyn, PA (US)
Assigned to Velano Vascular, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Velano Vascular, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,368.
Application 17/517,368 is a continuation of application No. 16/205,674, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,191,939.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/631,208, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,684, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054815 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/0247 (2013.01) [A61M 5/1418 (2013.01); A61M 39/1011 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1586 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1587 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0258 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0261 (2013.01); A61M 2039/027 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0273 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0276 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0285 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1033 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a connector portion comprising:
a distal coupler,
a proximal coupler,
a flexible region positioned between the distal coupler and the proximal coupler, and
a lumen extending through the distal coupler, the flexible region, and the proximal coupler, the distal coupler configured to be coupled to a hub of an access device inserted, at least in part, into a patient at a predetermined angle relative to an insertion site of the patient, the lumen of the connector portion being placed in fluid communication with a lumen defined by the access device when the distal coupler is coupled to the hub; and
a stabilization portion integrally formed with at least a part of the connector portion, the stabilization portion configured to be in contact with the patient when the distal coupler is coupled to the hub of the access device to stabilize at least one of the connector portion or the access device, the connector portion being disposed at about the predetermined angle when the stabilization portion is in contact with the patient such that a common axis extends through the lumen defined by the connector portion and at least a portion of the lumen defined by the access device.