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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Reuben Daniel Brewer, Millbrae, CA (US);
J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vascular access device is provided with a needle assembly, a catheter assembly configured to slidably receive the needle assembly, and a light emitting assembly configured to couple to the needle assembly. The light emitting assembly and the needle assembly cooperate to shine a beam of light down the bore of the needle to assist with aligning the needle with a penetration site on target tissue. Systems and methods associated with these devices are also disclosed.