Patent ID: 11904116
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of delivering fluid into a catheter adapter, comprising:
coupling a power injection device to a side port of a catheter adapter of a catheter assembly, wherein the catheter assembly comprises:
a catheter adapter, comprising:
a body, comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and a first lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end;
a side port extending outwardly from the body and disposed between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the side port comprises a second lumen perpendicular to the first lumen;

a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the body;
a valve disposed within the first lumen and sealing the first lumen from the second lumen; and
a divider disposed with the second lumen, wherein the divider divides the second lumen into a plurality of openings;
delivering fluid, via the power injection device, into the side port at a pressure, wherein the pressure is greater than 348 psi, wherein an integrity of the valve is maintained in response to delivering the fluid into the side port at the pressure.