18816738. Vascular Access Device Assembly Facilitating Single-Handed Patency Probe Advancement (Becton, Dickinson and Company)
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Vascular Access Device Assembly Facilitating Single-Handed Patency Probe Advancement
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Inventor(s)
Jonathan Karl Burkholz of Salt Lake City UT (US)
Weston F. Harding of Lehi UT (US)
Curtis H. Blanchard of Herriman UT (US)
Vascular Access Device Assembly Facilitating Single-Handed Patency Probe Advancement
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18816738 titled 'Vascular Access Device Assembly Facilitating Single-Handed Patency Probe Advancement
Original Abstract Submitted
An IV device assembly may include a lumen forming a fluidic channel within the IV device assembly. The lumen may be fluidically coupled to a vascular access device (VAD) coupler via a funnel coupler, and an IV device assembly coupler at a proximal end of the lumen. The IV device assembly may also include one or more of the following: a collapsible sleeve formed coaxially around a first portion of the lumen and mechanically coupled to the funnel coupler, a patency instrument formed along a second portion of the lumen within the collapsible sleeve and into the VAD coupler, a translation handle that translates the patency instrument out of a distal end of the VAD coupler, and a fixed grip formed around the lumen to maintain a position of the IV device assembly relative to the translation handle.
