Patent ID: 9522254
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An intravenous catheter assembly, comprising: a tubular catheter body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therebetween; an access needle disposed in the tubular catheter body lumen and having a tissue-penetrating distal tip extending distally beyond the distal end of the tubular catheter body; a guidewire having a portion disposed outside and in parallel to the access needle and having a distal tip, wherein the access needle and the guidewire may be withdrawn together from the tubular catheter body after the guidewire has been advanced in the tubular catheter body lumen; a slide coupled to a proximal end of the guidewire so that distal advancement of the slide advances the distal tip of the guidewire from a distal end of the access needle; a first configuration, wherein: a second configuration, wherein the distal tip of the guidewire extends beyond the distal end of the tubular catheter body by a distance in a range from 5 mm to 100 mm.