Patent ID: 9682217
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A vascular access system adapted to locate and provide access to a blood vessel without the need for additional monitoring or guidance systems, comprising: a. a body member comprising a base member and a stand member; b. a shuttle member movably coupled to the body member; and c. a plurality of hollow, blood vessel access needles parallel to one another, fixedly coupled to the shuttle member, wherein the shuttle member is advanceable along the body member in a controlled manner so that the hollow, blood vessel access needles parallel to one another are configured to simultaneously and evenly pierce skin of a patient with which the vascular access system is used until there is aspiration of blood sufficient from a blood vessel accessed by and through at least one of the needles to indicate vascular access to the blood vessel to locate and provide access to the blood vessel without the need for additional monitoring or guidance systems.