Patent ID: 7762993

Claim:
A catheter syringe conveyor comprising: a catheter syringe that comprises a needle attached to a vented blood receptacle; a catheter that comprises a flexible tube with a top end, a bottom end, and a catheter hub disposed at said top end of said flexible tube, wherein said catheter is removably disposed over said needle a housing comprising a substantially rigid and wall structure shaped to frame a housing slot through which said catheter syringe can be maneuvered, said housing being sized to be held within the grasp of a technician's hand, said housing comprising a top end, a bottom end, a longitudinal axis sited between said top end and said bottom end of said housing and a perimeter at said bottom end of said housing framing an access aperture through which said catheter hub may can be grasped by a technician during a catheter insertion procedure, wherein said perimeter at said bottom end of said housing comprises a continuous rigid wall structure that completely circumscribes said housing slot, said housing further comprising at least one housing slit cut out within a predetermined length of said housing wall structure along the same longitudinal axis as said housing, said housing slit comprising a first side and a second side lengthwise and a first end and a second end, wherein said housing slit is disposed within said housing clear of said bottom end perimeter; a stabilizer comprising at least one stabilizer finger with a bottom surface that contacts said skin of said patient on one side of a targeted blood vessel during said catheter insertion procedure; a syringe holder adapted to retain said blood receptacle component of said catheter syringe so that said catheter syringe can be maneuvered within said housing stably, said syringe holder comprising a body that is slidably connected to said housing so that said syringe holder can be maneuvered along said longitudinal axis of said housing, wherein part of said syringe holder is adapted to protrude from said housing slit for access by a technician; and a catheter pusher adapted to contact said catheter hub, said catheter pusher further adapted to protrude from within said housing slot and allow said technician to urge said catheter down over said needle to separate said catheter from said syringe.