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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
Applicant:
B. Braun Melsungen Ag, Melsungen, DE;
Inventors:
Jarryd Keng Gene Ng, Penang, MY;
Boon Ping Neoh, Penang, MY;
Chee Mun Phang, Penang, MY;
Hang Khiang Chng, Penang, MY;
Kevin Woehr, Felsberg, DE;
Assignee:
B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61M 25/0618 (2013.01); A61M 39/0613 (2013.01); A61M 39/0693 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61M 2039/062 (2013.01); A61M 2039/064 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0666 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Needle assemblies and related methods having a needle hub with a needle, a catheter tube with a catheter hub and having the needle extending through the catheter tube in a ready to use position. A valve is positioned in an interior cavity of the catheter hub, the valve having sections that can deflect in a distal direction and sections that can deflect in a proximal direction to open a fluid flow path through the valve. The valve can be deflected by a multi-piece valve opener.