INTRAVENOUS CATHETER PLACEMENT UNIT
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AN INTRAVENOUS CATHETER PLACEMENT UNIT WHEREIN THE CATHETER PASSES THROUGH A HOLLOW POINTED NEEDLE WHICH IS FULLY RETRACTABLE INTO A HOUSING WHICH HOLDS THE NEEDLE AND THE NEEDLE POINT FIRMLY IN POSITION LONGITUDINALLY AND LATERALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CATHETER SO THAT THE CATHETER CANNOT MOVE INTO INJURIOUS CONTACT WITH THE SHARP EDGES OF THE NEEDLE POINT. THE NEEDLE IS INSERTED INTO THE VEIN OR OTHER BODY CAVITY AND RETRACTED INTO THE HOUSING UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE SAME NEEDLE CONTROL MEANS HELD BY THE OPERATOR. IN ITS PREFERRED FORM, THE CATHETER IS CONNECTED TO CATHETER CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CATHETER PROTECTOR MOUNTED TO SLIDE AXIALLY IN THE HOUSING TO CONTROL THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CATHETER THROUGH THE NEEDLE. WHEN THE CATHETER IS FULLY ADVANCED AND THE NEEDLE IS FULLY RETRACTED, THE CATHETER, NEEDLE AND PROTECTOR ALL ARE TELESCOPED, ONE INSIDE THE OTHER, WITHIN THE HOUSING AND LOCKED IN POSITION TO PROVIDE A STABLE UNIT. NO PARTS ARE REMOVED AND NO EXTRA PARTS ARE NEEDED TO OPERATE AND USE THE UNIT OF THIS INVENTION.
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