US 12,440,628 B2
Catheter insertion device and method of inserting a catheter
Russell Cole, River Vale, NJ (US); John Prudden, Manchester, MA (US); and J. Richard Gyory, Sudbury, MA (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,150.
Application 16/917,150 is a division of application No. 15/306,365, granted, now 10,737,038, previously published as PCT/US2015/027367, filed on Apr. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/983,976, filed on Apr. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0330701 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3287 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14248 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); B23P 15/00 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14252 (2013.01); A61M 2005/16863 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49876 (2015.01)] 1 Claim
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1. A method of making an introducer needle subassembly including an introducer needle having a proximal end and a distal end adapted to be inserted into a patient in an insertion direction and an introducer hub including a first end and a second end with a slot therebetween, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
forming the introducer hub to comprise at least one spring boss extending in the insertion direction radially offset from the distal end of the introducer needle;
inserting the introducer needle having at least one bend therein into the slot of the introducer hub; and
securing the introducer needle in the slot on an upper surface of the introducer hub;
wherein the inserting step comprises inserting the introducer needle by translating the introducer needle into the slot in a single motion without rotation, and the securing step comprises securing the introducer needle in the slot by snapping the introducer needle in place with a snap disposed on the upper surface of the introducer hub.