Patent ID: 11865320
Assignee: NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An access device, comprising:
an access needle having a hub, a cannula, and a tube in fluid communication with a lumen of the cannula;
a protective sheath defining a channel with the tube slidably engaged in the channel such that the cannula and the hub can extend from a distal end of the protective sheath and the tube can extend from a proximal end, opposite the distal end, of the protective sheath; and
a finger shield, being a flat member, integrally attached to and extending from a top side of the distal end of the protective sheath, the finger shield having an integral cover that closes over and covers an opening at the distal end of the protective sheath, wherein
the finger shield is flat in a lateral aspect and curved in an aspect orthogonal to the lateral aspect so that the finger shield curves away from a longitudinal axis of the protective sheath,
the finger shield includes at least a first undersurface protrusion configured to fit into the channel of the protective sheath and a second undersurface protrusion separated from the first undersurface protrusion by a gap, and
the gap is sized and shaped to receive an edge of the distal end of the protective sheath.