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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Ken Cluff, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
William G. Moulton, West Jordan, UT (US);
Edward G. Henderson, Iii, Draper, UT (US);
Jeff Mcmurray, Murray, UT (US);
Kenneth B. Lindstrom, Provo, UT (US);
Ken Cluff, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
William G. Moulton, West Jordan, UT (US);
Edward G. Henderson, III, Draper, UT (US);
Jeff McMurray, Murray, UT (US);
Kenneth B. Lindstrom, Provo, UT (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for assembling a catheter device, wherein a septum actuator is positioned within the lumen of a catheter adapter to provide a pathway through a septum component, an introducer needle being inserted through the septum via the septum actuator thereby preventing damage to the septum, the septum actuator thereafter being withdrawn from the septum and positioned within a rearward chamber of the catheter adapter lumen.