Puncture device with a flexible catheter tube for connecting to a medical infusion line

• US 7,214,215 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clinico GmbH (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Clinico GmbH (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Inventors: Csincsura, Roland, Heinzerling, Jo, Bolinger, Simone
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi; Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER
• Application Number:
  US11/182,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 604/264, 604/164.01, 604/158, 604/198, 604/523, 604/263, 604/192, 604/93, 604/272, 604/533, 604/890.1, 604/93.01, 606/185, 606/213, 285/197
• US Class Current: 604/264
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

A puncture device with a flexible catheter tube for connecting to a medical infusion line, wherein the device includes a catheter connecting piece or hub attachable at the puncture site on the skin surface of a patient, wherein the catheter hub has a connector for connecting the infusion line and an outlet for the flexible catheter tube; and a needle holder having a puncture needle (stylet), wherein the flexible catheter tube is arranged in the interior of the catheter hub and extends out of the outlet with an output end. The end of the flexible catheter tube opposing the output end is located in the interior of the catheter hub in the area of the connector and is separated from the surrounding area by a septum, wherein the needle holder securely fastens the puncture needle insertable into a passage channel of the catheter tube at the end opposing the pointed or sharp puncture tip. The outlet is located at the bottom side of the catheter hub resting on the surface of the patient in the position of use and the puncture needle is made without a duct.

Claims

1. A puncture device comprising a flexible catheter tube f or connecting to a medical infusion line having a catheter hub attachable at a puncture site on the skin surface of a patient, and having a connector for connecting the infusion line and an outlet for the flexible catheter tube, and a needle holder having a puncture needle, wherein the flexible catheter tube is arranged in an interior of the catheter hub and extends out through the outlet with its output end, wherein the end of the flexible catheter tube opposite the output end is located in the interior of the catheter hub in the area of the connector and separated from the surrounding area by a septum, and wherein the needle holder securely fastens the puncture needle insertable into a passage channel of the catheter tube at the end opposite the pointed or sharp puncture tip, and is detachably arranged at the connector in a starting position of the puncture device such that the puncture needle penetrates the septum and is guided in the passage channel of the catheter tube beyond the output end, wherein the outlet is arranged on a bottom side of the catheter hub resting on the patient surface in the position of use, and in wherein the puncture needle is made without a duct, wherein the catheter hub is essentially flat, wherein the catheter tube protrudes diagonally to the plane of the essentially flat catheter hub at the bottom side of the catheter hub out of the outlet, and is curved and guided in the plane within the interior of the catheter hub, and the connector is aligned with an end of the catheter tube opposite the output end.

2. A puncture device according to claim 1, wherein the needle holder comprises a rigid front section attached to the connector in the starting position, a rigid back section in which the end opposite the puncture tip of the puncture needle is securely attached, and a flexible middle section connecting said sections, wherein the flexible section is comprised of two legs located at a distance from each other and flexibly connected to the rigid sections, wherein the legs are curved outwardly in the starting position, such that the front section and back section have a minimal distance from each other.

3. A puncture device according to claim 2, wherein the flexible connection is comprised of film hinges.

4. The puncture device according to claim 3, wherein the longitudinal measurements of the puncture needle and of the sections of the needle holder are selected such that the puncture tip of the puncture needle is located within the needle holder when the legs are straightened.

5. The puncture device according to claim 2, wherein the legs are lockable against each other in a straightened position, wherein the front section and the back section have a maximum distance from each other, and as a result are secured in this position.

6. The puncture device according to claim 1, wherein the needle holder has a gripping handle.

7. The puncture device according to claim 1, wherein the septum is pre-perforated.

8. The puncture device according to claim 1, wherein the catheter hub has a self-adhesive layer located at a bottom side intended for attaching to the skin surface of the patient.

9. The puncture device according to claim 1, wherein a protective cap covers the output end of the catheter tube as well as the puncture tip of the puncture needle in an originally sealed condition.

10. The puncture device according to claim 1, wherein the catheter tube curves twice in opposite curving directions so as to change its direction in the interior of the catheter hub.