Patent ID: 8728035
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter insertion device, comprising: a housing having an interior space; an access needle that is slideable with respect to the interior space, said access needle having a lumen therethrough; a guide wire moveably received in the lumen of the access needle, wherein the guide wire has a safety tip which straightens when the tip is drawn proximally into the needle lumen and assumes a planar coil configuration when the safety tip is advanced distally from the distal end of the needle lumen, wherein the planar coil of the guide wire is coplanar with a straight portion of the guide wire proximal to the coil; and a handle attached to the guide wire and axially slideable on the housing, wherein movement of the handle is limited so that at least a portion of the guide wire always remains in the interior space while the safety tip of the guide wire can move in and out of the needle.