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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Smiths Medical Asd, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jay T Breindel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Harsh D Chheda, Plymouth, MN (US);
David J Goral, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas T Koehler, Plymouth, MN (US);
James Muskatello, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intravenous catheter assembly that includes a catheter tube and an introducer needle that is disposed, at least in part, within the catheter tube when the introducer needle is in a ready for use position. The introducer needle includes a lateral surface that defines a relief that is positioned under the distal end of the catheter tube when the introducer is in the ready for use position to provide a flow path into a flash indication space.