Catheter placement units

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1995-08-18

1998-02-17

Polutta, Mark

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604165, A61M 5178

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057186880

ABSTRACT:
A catheter placement unit comprises a catheter having an axial bore, a catheter hub at one end of the catheter, an introducing needle having a pointed tip for introducing the catheter into a desired position in a patient's body, and a needle hub on the needle remote from the tip for mounting the needle so that it extends through the catheter bore for introduction of the catheter into the patient's body and so that it can subsequently be withdrawn from the catheter bore leaving the catheter in position in the patient's body. The unit includes a needle tip protector on the needle for shielding the needle tip when the needle has been withdrawn from the catheter bore. The needle tip protector includes a locking device which is initially in an unlocked position permitting withdrawal of the needle from the catheter bore but which is arranged to be placed in a locked position, in which the locking device engages the outer surface of the needle, by withdrawal of the needle from the catheter bore so as to lock the needle tip protector on the needle in the shielding position. The locking device retains the catheter hub on the needle when the locking device is in the unlocked position and releases the catheter hub from the needle when the locking device is in the locked position. Separation of the catheter from the needle is therefore prevented until the needle has been withdrawn from the catheter bore to trigger shielding of the needle tip.

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