Patent ID: 9149625
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B,A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A catheter insertion device comprising: a catheter hub comprising a body defining an interior cavity with an opening at a proximal end and having a catheter tube attached thereto and extending from a distal end of the body; a valve located inside the interior cavity of the catheter hub for blocking fluid flow therethrough; a needle having a needle shaft defining a needle axis projecting distally of an end of a needle hub, said needle projecting through the catheter tube and comprising a needle tip; a needle guard element wholly disposed inside a valve actuating element and movable axially relative to the valve actuating element; said valve actuating element comprising a body housing wall and a nose section; wherein the valve actuating element is disposed, at least in part, inside the interior cavity of the catheter hub in a ready to use position and the needle guard element has an arm biased radially by the needle shaft in the ready to use position and wherein the arm is un-biased when the needle tip moves proximally of the arm; and wherein the arm is movable radially to block the needle tip.