Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Jason Hillman

Jonathan Karl Burkholz

Weston F Harding

Christopher N Cindrich

Marty Lee Stout

John R Stokes

Kelly David Christensen

Wade A Powell

Dinesh S Kommireddy

Wayne K Rasmussen

William G Moulton

A vascular access device may form part of an extravascular system and function as an adapter including a gas permeable vent. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a vascular access device as part of an extravascular system, providing a gas permeable vent within the vascular access device, venting gas from the system through the vent, and closing the vent.

Extravascular system venting

A vascular access system for preventing needle sticks includes a needle, a tip shield, and a housing. The needle may be a hypodermic needle or other conventional needle having a needle shaft terminating at a needle tip. The tip shield provides an enclosure defining a chamber. The enclosure includes a closed distal end and a proximal end that slidably engages the needle shaft. The enclosure further includes at least one side wall configured to slidably engage the needle shaft. The housing defines a passageway with respective proximal and distal openings through which the needle extends. The tip shield is also disposed in the passageway and is releasably retained therein. The needle and/or the tip shield is adapted to prevent the needle shaft from being completely withdrawn from the tip shield. The tip shield further secures the needle tip in the chamber upon withdrawal of the needle tip into the chamber.

Tip shield for needle stick prevention

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West Jordan, UT, United States of America

Jason Hillman