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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Murray, UT (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/0067 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 39/06 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0059 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0098 (2013.01); A61M 2039/062 (2013.01);
Abstract
Catheter adapters and vascular access device including catheter adapters are discloses. The catheter adapter tip opening has an internal curvature defining a tapered region in the lower portion, but not the upper portion, to support a flexured portion of the catheter to prevent kinking and occlusion.