INTRAVENOUS CATHETER SET

• US 20130211325A1
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chih-Ming Wang, Wei-Ting Wang
• Original Assignee: Chih-Ming Wang, Wei-Ting Wang
• Inventors: WANG, Chih-Ming, WANG, Wei-Ting
• Granted Patent: US 8,845,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/110
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0606 "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0631 having means for fully covering the needle after its withdrawal, e.g. needle being withdrawn inside the handle or a cover being advanced over the needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3221 Constructional features thereof, e.g. to improve manipulation or functioning
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3232 Semi-automatic needle retraction, i.e. in which triggering of the needle retraction requires a deliberate action by the user, e.g. manual release of spring-biased retraction means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3297 Needles arranged coaxially

Abstract

The invention includes a barrel, a needle assembly, a catheter, a stopper and a vacuum generator. The needle assembly is disposed in the barrel and has a needle, a needle hub and a needle piston. The needle piston is fastened onto the needle hub. The catheter is axially connected onto the needle hub and passed through by the needle. The stopper is operably disposed at the first end of the barrel and normally stops the needle hub from moving. The vacuum generator has a plunger and a vacuum piston mounted on an end thereof. The vacuum piston is slidably received in the barrel and normally abuts against the needle piston, and the plunger protrudes from the second end of the barrel. The needle assembly will be pulled and retracted in the barrel when the plunger is pulled outward and the stopper releases the needle hub.

Claims

1. An intravenous catheter set comprising:

a barrel having a first end and a second end;

a needle assembly, disposed at the first end of the barrel, comprising a needle, a needle hub and a needle piston, wherein the needle is rooted on a tip end of the needle hub, and the needle piston is fastened onto a root end of the needle hub;

a catheter, axially connected onto the tip end of the needle hub and passed through by the needle;

a stopper, operably disposed at the first end of the barrel, and normally stopping the needle hub from moving; and

a vacuum generator, axially disposed in the barrel, and comprising a plunger and a vacuum piston mounted on an end of the plunger, wherein the vacuum piston is slidably received in the barrel and normally abuts against the needle piston, and the plunger protrudes from the second end of the barrel;

wherein the barrel forms a vacuum when the plunger is pulled outward, the needle assembly will be pulled toward the second end of the barrel by the vacuum and completely retracted in the barrel when the stopper releases the needle hub.

2. The intravenous catheter set of claim 1, further comprising a plug received in the needle hub.

3. The intravenous catheter set of claim 1, wherein the plunger further comprises a head for connecting the vacuum piston and sealing up the second end of the barrel.

4. The intravenous catheter set of claim 1, wherein the plunger is formed with a breakable neck.

5. The intravenous catheter set of claim 1, wherein the barrel is formed with a guiding trough for receiving the stopper.

6. The intravenous catheter set of claim 1, wherein the needle hub is formed with a first protrusion and a slot, and the stopper is a hollow body with a sheet, a second protrusion extending from the sheet and a latch.

7. The intravenous catheter set of claim 6, wherein the first protrusion is blocked by the sheet when the needle assembly is located at the first end of the barrel.

8. The intravenous catheter set of claim 6, wherein the slot engages with the latch when the needle assembly is located at the first end of the barrel.

9. The intravenous catheter set of claim 6, wherein the catheter abuts against the second protrusion when the needle assembly is located at the first end of the barrel.