Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Ken Cluff

Weston F Harding

Huibin Liu

Lawrence J Trainer

Jon Burkholz

Ralph Lee Sonderegger

Yiping Ma

Stephen T Bornhoft

William Gary Moulton

Edward G Henderson, Iii

Weston O Whitaker

Kenneth B Lindstrom

Jeff McMurray

Siddarth K Shevgoor

Austin Jason McKinnon

Marty Lee Stout

Ray Isaacson

Tom M Miner

Siddarth Shevgoor

Wayne K Rasmussen

Troy A Ekberg

Joe Frodsham

Stephen Bornhoft

Iii Henderson Edward G

Jeff Mcmurray

Ralph Sonderegger

Weston Whitaker

Lawrence Trainer

Weston Harding

William G Moulton

Edward G Iii Henderson

A catheter assembly comprises a catheter (), a needle () having a sharp distal tip disposed within the catheter (), a catheter hub () connected to the catheter () having the needle () passing therethrough, the catheter hub () including a valve () that selectively permits or blocks a flow of fluid through the catheter (), a valve actuator () that moves between a first position and a second position, and a return member () that returns the valve actuator () from the second position to the first position, and a needle protection member () that encloses the sharp distal tip of the needle ().

Multi-use blood control safety catheter assembly

A catheter assembly () comprising a catheter (), a needle () having a sharp distal tip (), and a catheter hub () connected to the catheter () having the needle () passing therethrough, the catheter hub () including a valve () having a preformed opening () that selectively permits or blocks a flow of fluid through the catheter (), a first inner diameter () that closes the valve (), and a second inner diameter () larger than the first inner diameter (), the second inner diameter () opening the valve (), wherein the valve () is in an open position upon axially compressing the valve () into engagement with the second inner diameter () of the catheter hub (), and the valve () is in a closed position upon releasing the valve () to engage the first inner diameter () of the catheter hub ().

Safety IV catheter with molded-open blood control valve

A system and method for assembling a catheter device, wherein a septum actuator is positioned within the lumen of a catheter adapter to provide a pathway through a septum component, an introducer needle being inserted through the septum via the septum actuator thereby preventing damage to the septum, the septum actuator thereafter being withdrawn from the septum and positioned within a rearward chamber of the catheter adapter lumen.

Assembly method for catheter with blood control

A vascular access device may include a septum and a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the septum. The vent may be capable of venting gas from an extravascular system to which the vascular access device is capable of attaching. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a vascular access device having a septum and forming part of an extravascular system, providing a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the septum, and venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas permeable vent of the device.

Vascular access device septum venting

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