Patent ID: 8690833

Claim:
A catheter insertion device, comprising: an outer housing; a tubular access needle attached to a needle carrier, wherein said needle carrier is slidable with respect to said outer housing; a tubular catheter having a proximal hub releasable attached at a distal end of said outer housing and positioned coaxially around said tubular access needle, said hub having an interior and a septum, wherein the tubular access needle passes through the septum; a safety guidewire sized and configured to be advanced through said tubular access needle; a wiping element on a proximal side of the septum, said wiping element being configured to remove blood from surfaces of the tubular access needle and the safety guidewire as they are withdrawn through the septum; an actuator mechanism configured to selectively advance said safety guidewire out through said tubular access needle in a distal direction and subsequently to simultaneously withdraw said safety guidewire and said tubular access needle in a proximal direction with respect to said tubular catheter; and a blood spatter chamber disposed between the proximal hub of the tubular catheter and the actuator.