Patent ID: 11918767
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A rapidly insertable central catheter (“RICC”) assembly, comprising:
a RICC including:
a catheter tube including a side aperture through a side of the catheter tube in a distal-end portion thereof, the side aperture opening into an introducing lumen of the catheter tube that extends from at least the side aperture to a distal end of the RICC; and
a catheter hub coupled to a proximal-end portion of the catheter tube;

an introducer including:
an introducer needle having a cannula extending through the distal end of the RICC when the RICC assembly is in at least a ready-to-deploy state of the RICC assembly; and
a syringe having a syringe tip coupled to a needle hub of the introducer needle; and

a coupling system configured to couple the RICC and the introducer together, the coupling system including:
a distal coupler slidably attached to the catheter tube proximal of the side aperture; and
a proximal coupler slidably attached to the catheter hub and removably attached to the syringe in the ready-to-deploy state of the RICC assembly, the coupling system configured to allow the RICC to slide relative to the introducer.