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Intravenous catheter insertion device and method of use

  • US 10,220,191 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2015
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter insertion device, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a needle attached to a needle carrier having a proximal end disposed in the housing, the needle having an insertion position and a retraction position with respect to the housing;

    a catheter positioned coaxially around the needle;

    a guidewire having a distal end positioned in a distal end of a lumen of the needle in a fully withdrawn position, the guidewire translatable to an advanced position in which the distal end extends from a tip of the needle; and

    an actuator mechanism including a biasing member, wherein activating the actuator mechanism releases the biasing member to simultaneously translate;

    the needle from the insertion position to the retraction position, andthe guidewire from the advanced position to the fully withdrawn position.

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