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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Daniel B. Blanchard, Bountiful, UT (US);
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US);
Joe Spataro, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Kyle G. Thornley, Farmington, UT (US);
Austin J. Mckinnon, Herriman, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Rapidly insertable central catheters ('RICCs'), introducers, and insertion devices including combinations and methods thereof are disclosed. For example, a RICC system can include an introducer and a RICC insertion assembly including a RICC assembly disposed in a RICC insertion device. The RICC assembly can include a RICC, an access guidewire, and a splittable casing over a catheter tube of the RICC and the access guidewire forming a longitudinal composite. The RICC insertion device can include a frame and a nose cover forming a split channel that splits away from a through channel of a nose of the frame. The RICC insertion device can be configured for advancing the RICC assembly by rolling the longitudinal composite across roller wheels disposed in the frame. The through channel can be configured for advancing the catheter tube therethrough while the split channel can be configured for both splitting and passing the splittable casing therethrough.