Patent ID: 11969559
Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A catheter hub for use with a tension member and a catheter, the catheter hub comprising:
a hub body defining a fluid passageway in communication with an aperture, the hub body adapted for attachment to the catheter, the fluid passageway and the catheter aligned for fluid flow therethrough, the aperture extending from and communicating with the fluid passageway to an exterior surface of the hub body, the hub body having an upper body portion, a right side face positioned to a first side of the upper body portion, and a left side face positioned to a second side of the upper body portion, wherein the upper body portion defines a clamping hub surface configured for clamping the tension member;
a sealing element configured to receive the tension member, the sealing element sized for and positioned in the aperture;
a locking arm attached to the hub body, wherein the locking arm defines an inner arm surface facing inwardly to the hub body, the inner arm surface including a right side inner arm surface portion for covering a surface of the right side face of the hub body, a left side inner arm surface portion for covering a surface of the left side face of the hub body, and a clamping inner arm surface portion between the right side arm inner surface portion and left side inner arm surface portion and configured for clamping the tension member;
the locking arm having a distal locking arm portion configured to cover the aperture;
the distal locking arm portion defining an opening sized and positioned to receive the tension member therethrough;
the locking arm positionable to an unlocked position for leaving the tension member in an unclamped condition between the clamping inner arm surface portion and the clamping hub surface; and
the locking arm positionable from the unlocked position to a locked position for clamping the tension member between the clamping inner arm surface portion and the clamping hub surface and in which the right side inner arm surface covers the surface of the right side face of the hub body and the left side inner arm surface covers the surface of the left side face of the hub body.