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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2016
Smiths Medical Asd, Inc., Rockland, MA (US);
Gursel Akcay, Madison, CT (US);
James Muskatello, Southington, CT (US);
Harsh Chheda, Cheshire, CT (US);
David Goral, Brookfield, CT (US);
Brian Paliwoda, Thomaston, CT (US);
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A safety catheter insertion assembly including a catheter hub coupling assembly. The safety catheter insertion assembly having a needle hub slideably coupled to a needle housing such that the needle hub is moveable between a first position wherein an insertion needle extends from the needle housing, and a second position wherein the sharp distal tip is housed within the needle housing, the catheter hub coupling assembly coupling the catheter hub to the needle housing in the first position and releasing the catheter hub from the needle housing in the second position.