Patent ID: 8641677

Claim:
A method for inserting an intravenous catheter of an intravenous catheter device, the method comprising: inserting a removable needle from an intravenous catheter device into a patient's vein, the intravenous catheter device comprising a medical tubing connector, a length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing, and the removable needle, wherein a first end of the length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing is joined to the medical tubing connector and a second end of the length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing is joined to an intravenous catheter portion having a diameter of from about 0.7 millimeters to about 2.2 millimeters, and wherein the medical tubing connector, the length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing, and the intravenous catheter portion each define a channel in fluid communication with one another, the removable needle passing through each channel and extending from the intravenous catheter portion as it is being inserted into the patient's vein; inserting the intravenous catheter portion into the patient's vein after insertion of the removable needle; withdrawing the removable needle from the vein after insertion of the intravenous catheter portion; bending the length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing after withdrawing the removable needle from the vein and securing the bent length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing to the patient, wherein the bent length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing does not require an external device to hold open the length when bent in a curvilinear shape, at least a portion of the length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing being outside of the patient's vein; and dispensing fluid into the intravenous catheter device after insertion of the intravenous catheter portion in the patient's vein such that the fluid travels through each channel into the patient's vein.