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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Steven B. White, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Adrienne Rose Harris, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Elyse Kemmerer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nathan Farrell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald Dean Duis, Plainwell, MI (US);
Henry J. H. Brown, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven B. White, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Adrienne Rose Harris, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Elyse Kemmerer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nathan Farrell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald Dean Duis, Plainwell, MI (US);
Henry J. H. Brown, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tangent Medical Technologies, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An integrated vascular delivery system and method of use, the system including: a frame having a catheter hub that provides a first anchoring point on the patient and receives a catheter insertable in the patient to transfer fluid at an insertion site, a stabilization hub that provides a second anchoring point on the patient, at least one lateral member extending between the catheter and stabilization hubs, and a fluidic channel. The frame operates in a folded configuration in which the hubs are coupleable and an unfolded configuration in which the anchoring points are distributed around the insertion site to anchor the frame to the patient, thereby stabilizing the catheter. In some embodiments, the system further includes a septum that helps prevent fluid leakage from the catheter hub, or a needle shield that covers the distal end of a needle used during catheter insertion.