Patent ID: 6533759
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A flash chamber for use with a catheter, said flash chamber comprising:a. a self-closing valve; b. a first housing, having a receiver end and a valve end, said receiver end being adapted to reversibly receive said catheter and said valve end being adapted to receive said self-closing valve, and said first housing having a centered bore extending longitudinally from said valve end to said receiver end; and c. a second housing, having a connector, a stylus and an attachment end, said connector projecting outward and being adapted to receive an intravenous (IV) tube connection, said stylus having a centered bore to permit an injection needle to slidingly pass into and through said stylus bore and projecting from said connector toward said attachment end, and said attachment end being adapted to receive said valve end of said first housing such that said first housing can be rotated relative to said second housing between an opened position wherein said stylus protrudes through said self-closing valve and said stylus bore is in fluid communication with said first housing bore and a closed position wherein said self-closing valve forms a barrier between said stylus bore and said first housing bore.