Patent ID: 6695814
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A safety intravenous catheter assembly, comprising:a needle comprising a tip and an opposite end; a catheter hub; a needle cover attachable to and releaseably lockable with said catheter hub when said needle extends through said needle cover; a stop assembly comprising a needle case attached to said opposite end of said needle, a stop bar having an end attached to said needle cover, and a spring-biased detent; and wherein after use of said safety intravenous catheter assembly, an opposite end of said stop bar is engagable with said detent to form a first locking position wherein said tip is locked in said needle cover and said catheter hub cannot disengage from said needle cover, and after said needle tip is locked within said needle cover, said stop bar being movable to a second locking position wherein said catheter hub can disengage from said needle cover.