Patent ID: 7806889

Claim:
A method of releasably attaching a hub to a catheter component of a catheter assembly; the method comprising: (a) providing a catheter component having a length and at least one lumen; (b) providing a releasably attachable hub having two opposing portions each having an inner face, the hub having at least one channel associated with each at least one lumen and disposed on the inner face of at least one of the two opposing portions, and the hub also having a locking section for releasably locking the opposing portions in the closed position; (c) then, selecting a hub site from a plurality of potential hub sites along the length of the catheter component; (d) then, placing a proximal end region of each at least one lumen of the catheter component at the selected hub site directly into and along a respective at least one channel such that each at least one lumen extends integrally completely along its respective channel and beyond distal and proximal hub portion ends; (e) then, placing the other of the two opposing portions over the at least one lumen thereby mating the inner face of one of the two opposing portions with the inner face of the other thereof and fitting the two portions directly around each at least one lumen; and then (f) releasably locking the hub in the closed position with the at least one lumen extending through and beyond the hub to a proximal end of each at least one catheter lumen, whereby a proximal end of each at least one catheter lumen is spaced proximally of the hub and is directly connectable to a medical device at a location spaced proximally of the hub.