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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Vigmed Ab, Helsingborg, SE;
Per Knutsson, Helsingborg, SE;
Robert Domonkos, Lomma, SE;
Vigmed AB, Helsingborg, SE;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a catheter instrumentcomprising a needle tip shielding device, a catheter huband a needle unit, wherein the needle unitis provided with connecting meansfor connection to the catheter hub, and with connecting meansfor connection to an external device. The needle tip shielding deviceis comprising a body with a rear side, a front side, an outer surfaceconnecting the rear sideand the front side, a holeextending from the rear sideto the front side, and a resilient armextending at an attachment pointfrom the front sideof the body; wherein the resilient armhas a resting stale from which it may be forced to yield free passage through the holein an axial direction of the body, the resilient armbeing adapted for clamping a needle tipof a hollow needleextending through the holein a direction from the rear sideto the front side, when being in the resting state.