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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Applicant:
Timothy J. Erskine, Sandy, UT (US);
Inventor:
Timothy J. Erskine, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Erskine Medical LLC, High Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/3269 (2013.01); A61M 5/3271 (2013.01); A61M 5/3273 (2013.01); A61M 25/0618 (2013.01); A61M 25/0625 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3247 (2013.01); A61M 2005/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of manufacturing a catheter introducer or needle assembly and needle shield are disclosed. A needle shield has a blocking object (preferably a ball) which moves from an non-shielding position to a shielding position. The catheter introducer is made by placing the blocking object into the shield and inserting the proximal end of the needle into the shield while the blocking object is in the shielding position. The catheter introducer is made using extruded polymeric tubes which may have coextruded reinforcing.