Patent ID: 8945092
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A luer connector for use with a needle for accessing a body lumen, the luer connector comprising: an adapter configured to accept a needle for penetrating body tissue to provide access to a body lumen; a luer body comprising a fluid channel connected to the adapter, the fluid channel configured to fluidly connect to a central lumen of the needle when the needle is in the adapter; and a guidewire channel configured to accept a guidewire therethrough, the guidewire configured to be positioned over the needle, the fluid channel and the guidewire channel being formed within the luer body; wherein the guidewire channel is not in fluid communication with the lumen of the needle, and wherein the guidewire channel is configured to position a proximal portion of the guidewire that passes through the guidewire channel at a predetermined angle relative to a distal portion of the guidewire that is positioned over the needle.