US 12,465,726 B2
System and method for assembly of a low profile passive protector for an I.V. catheter
Joseph G. Antonucci, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Joseph B. Antonucci, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Philip J. Antonucci, Mission Viejo, CA (US); John Muri, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Jeff Alan Burke, Murrieta, CA (US); Daniel Jason Velasco, Murrieta, CA (US); Joshua Alexander Sparks, Murrieta, CA (US); and Kevin Martin Magrini, Murrieta, CA (US)
Assigned to Luther Needlesafe Products, LLC, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Luther Needlesafe Products, LLC, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,055, filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059216 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0606 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61M 2207/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a low-profile passive protector, the method comprising the steps of:
forming a hard tubular portion and a soft tubular portion to form an integral catheter having a prescribed contour;
pressing a ferrule into the catheter;
attaching a hub to the catheter such that the ferrule facilitates attachment of the hub to the catheter;
inserting a vent plug into a slider; and
connecting the slider to the catheter.