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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph N. Genese, Covington, GA (US);
Assignee:
Medical Technologies of Georgia, Inc., Decatur, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/00 ;
Abstract
A catheter movement control device is presented having therein a resilient biasing member and a tube gripper which mount on a catheter tube. The biasing member and tube gripper are contained within a housing having a shoulder proximate the catheter tube. As the catheter tube is free to move in a forward direction through the housing, upon attempted rearward movement the biasing member engages the tube gripper causing it to pivot against a shoulder within the housing. Upon pivoting the tube gripper tightly engages the catheter tube preventing any further rearward movement of the catheter tube.