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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicants:
I-v Access Technology Inc., Fresno, CA (US);
Linda J Miller, Riverside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Richard Keyser, Fresno, CA (US);
James Edgerly Miller, III, Fresno, CA (US);
Assignee:
I-V Access Technology, Inc., Fresno, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 5/3234 (2013.01); A61M 25/0625 (2013.01); A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61M 39/24 (2013.01); A61M 2205/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention provides devices and methods for insertion of a catheter into a vessel. The devices include coaxial slidably mounted needle, dilator and catheter components. The methods include piercing a vessel with the needle component, dilating the pierced hole with the dilator component, retraction of the needle component, insertion of the catheter and withdrawal of the dilator.