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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
S. Ray Isaacson, Layton, UT (US);
Bart D. Peterson, Farmington, UT (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may include a connector, which may include a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the connector may include a male luer adapter, which may be configured to couple with a proximal end of a catheter adapter. The apparatus may include a catheter, which may include a proximal end secured within the connector. The catheter may be configured to extend through an indwelling peripheral intravenous catheter. The catheter may include a closed distal end and a slit adjacent to the closed distal end. The slit may be closed under normal physiological pressures.