Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Covidien LP

Other

Covidien Ag

Kpr U.s., LLC

Richard Fiser

Eugene E Weilbacher

James L Carlyon

Richard A Belley

Eugene Schrader

Donald D Solomon

F Mark Ferguson

Alan B Ranford

David Lynn Thorne

Gale Harrison Thorne, Jr

Mark A Nelson

Charles V Owen

James R Curtis

E David Fink

Roy L Barrus

Michael Thorne

Russell Tartock

Steven Brown

David Hibbitt

Bradley M Anthony

Gale H Thorne

Daniel A Talonn

Gregory Steube

Michael J Kerwin

Lee C Burnes

Michael J Noble

Paul Martin Kempen

Stephen Earhart

Billy Brandon

William Brandon

Janice L Sherman

Janice Sherman

Featured is a vascular access device such as an IV catheter device including a housing, a tubular member and a seal member, and a securing mechanism. The housing includes a proximal and distal portion and a chamber that extends between the proximal and distal portions. The tubular member is coupled to the housing distal portion so it is fluidly coupled to the chamber. The seal member is disposed within the chamber and the securing mechanism secures the seal member distal end to the housing proximal portion so the seal member is sealingly and compressibly retained between a chamber proximal end and the securing mechanism. Such a seal member also is constituted so a portion of the seal member moves axially responsive to an axial force applied to the proximal end.

IV catheter with in-line valve and methods related thereto

A medical device including a barrel having an open first end and capable of supporting a needle at a second end of the barrel is provided and includes a lid releasably adhered to and overlying the open first end of the barrel in a fluid tight manner; and a pad secured to a surface of the lid such that the pad is disposed within a cavity of the barrel when the lid is adhered to the barrel, wherein the pad comprises a disinfecting solution.

Medical device with incorporated disinfecting wipe and method of using same

A safety shield incorporating a locking clip to prevent inadvertent sticks or punctures by a needle is provided. The needle can be a needle cannula or other piercing member, disposed in a sliding orientation in the safety shield, such that the needle slides within the locking clip between an aperture at a proximal end of the locking clip and a trigger hole at a distal end of the clip. Upon withdrawal of the needle after use, a binding orientation is triggered when the needle tip is withdrawn from the trigger hole. As further protection to the bi-directional lock afforded by the binding orientation, the needle is provided with a safety stop to prevent movement of the needle tip through the aperture. In other aspects, the safety shield includes a trigger bushing, in which the needle cannula is slidably received, that is sized larger than the aperture.

Locking clip with trigger bushing

A securement device for securing a catheter to a patient is provided. The securement device includes a base including a support member and at least one securement arm extending away from the support member. The support member defines a cradle portion, the cradle portion of the support member being configured to receive at least a portion of a catheter. The at least one securement arm being movable over the cradle portion to a position to secure a catheter within the cradle portion. The securement device further includes a cover member configured to be received over the base and dimensioned to secure the base to a patient.

Transparent catheter securement system

A method and apparatus are disclosed for positioning a compression member about the septum of a seal member. In one embodiment, a source of low pressure or vacuum is provided to draw the septum of seal member into the hollow body of the compression member. In an alternative embodiment, a molding apparatus is provided which is dimensioned to receive a compression member and configured to facilitate molding of the septum within the compression member. In another embodiment, the septum of the seal member includes a septum having a tab extending from the septum. The tab is configured to assist positioned of a compression member about the septum.

Enclosing package for medical port and cover

Featured is a medical infusion device for vascular access with enhanced flashback visualization that includes a hub assembly having a flashback chamber. The hub assembly includes a proximal portion, a distal portion and a substantially transparent window section intermediate the proximal portion and distal portion. A needle is coupled to the flashback chamber so that fluid flows through the lumen of the needle into the flashback chamber after the needle is inserted into a blood vessel. A contrasting member is disposed on at least a portion of the hub assembly, so that when blood enters the flashback chamber, the contrasting member provides a high-contrast background when viewed through the window section.

Flashback chamber visual enhancement

An I.V. catheter assembly and needle safety device are disclosed which allow for the safe removal of a needle from a catheter assembly. The safety device includes a locking assembly which includes lock housing a rotatable locking member and a locking clip. The needle and the locking member are configured such that withdrawal of the needle from the catheter assembly effects rotation of the locking member. The locking clip is positioned and configured to obstruct rotation of the locking member after the needle has been retracted within the housing to obstruct re-advancement of the needle.

I.V. catheter assembly and needle safety device

A safety shield is provided including a piercing member having a proximal end, a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis. A clip defines a first cavity dimensioned for movement of the piercing member therethrough and is oriented in an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis. The first cavity is movable between a movable orientation and a binding orientation. The clip includes a first leg that defines a second cavity dimensioned for movement of the piercing member therethrough and a distal part being configured to engage a medical device. The clip further includes a second leg having a bearing surface that engages the piercing member. The legs are biased for convergent movement such that the first cavity is disposed in the binding orientation and the distal part of the first leg disengages the medical device.

Safety shield

A process for creating a stop surface on a plunger rod of a syringe is disclosed. The process includes the step of providing a preformed or molded plunger rod, and the step of forming a radially-extending deformation on the molded plunger rod. The presently disclosed in-line process allows for the use of a single molding rod to form plunger rods having one or more selectively located stop positions.

Process for creating a stop surface on a syringe plunger rod

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Kirkwood, MO, United States of America

Richard Fiser