Patent ID: 8876798
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter device, comprising one and other shells each having an inner surface and an outer surface, said one and other shells integrally connected at a common hinge and having respective matching peripheries to form a clam shell shaped member, said one shell having formed thereat a luer end and an aperture end communicatively connected by a flexible tubing at said one shell's inner surface so that a through passage is established between said luer end and said aperture end, said aperture end adapted to accept a catheter input to said flexible tubing, said one shell and said other shell each having a center at their respective inner surfaces, said one shell having one latch mechanism at approximately the center of said one shell's inner surface, said other shell having other latch mechanism at approximately the center said other shell's inner surface, said one and other latch mechanisms lockingly engage to couple said one and other shells to each other when said one and other shells are folded along the common hinge to move the respective inner surfaces of said one and other shells to face each other with said one and other latch mechanisms both inside the closed clam shell shaped member, said other shell including an inner surface retainer structure that presses against said flexible tubing to fixedly hold the catheter when said one and other shells are coupled to each other.