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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
B. Braun Melsungen Ag, Melsungen, DE;
Teng Sun Teoh, Penang, MY;
B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, DE;
Abstract
Needle assemblies with valves and related methods are disclosed. An exemplary needle assembly includes a needle hub with a needle attached to a distal end of the needle hub and a catheter hub having a wall structure defining an interior cavity and a catheter tube extending distally therefrom having the needle projecting through the catheter tube. A valve with a cylindrical walled structure and a disc with a plurality of slits and flaps are located in the interior cavity of the catheter hub in which the cylindrical walled structure defines an open proximal end. A plurality of flexible ribs can be included and connect to an interior wall surface of the cylindrical walled structure and the disc with an actuator disposed inside the interior cavity of the catheter hub and having a distal end sized and shaped to project into the open proximal end of the valve.
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