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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Michael Tal, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Janelle Anderson, New York, NY (US);
Benjamin K Yaffe, San Francisco, CA (US);
William J Mccreight, Harleysville, PA (US);
Robert Rabiner, Tiverton, RI (US);
Michael Tal, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Janelle Anderson, New York, NY (US);
Benjamin K Yaffe, San Francisco, CA (US);
William J McCreight, Harleysville, PA (US);
Robert Rabiner, Tiverton, RI (US);
Access Scientific, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle section that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator portion that has a dilator and a dilator hub. The dilator is coaxially disposed and slideable over the elongated body of the needle section. The device further includes a sheath section that has a sheath and a sheath hub. The sheath is coaxially disposed and slideable over the dilator. The device further includes a first locking mechanism operably disposed between the needle hub and the dilator hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the needle section and the dilator portion and a second locking mechanism operably disposed between the dilator hub and the sheath hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the dilator portion and the sheath section.