Connection system for multi-lumen catheter

• US 7,875,019 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2006
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Bright, Jeffrey D., Barron, William R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stigell; Theodore J
• Application Number:
  US11/471,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20080009832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,680 Days
• Field of Search: 604533-536, 604/284, 604 43- 45, 60428801-28804, 604/523, 604538-539
• US Class Current: 604/534
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1033 Swivel nut connectors, e.g. threaded connectors, bayonet-connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1077 Adapters, e.g. couplings adapting a connector to one or several other connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0014 Connecting a tube to a hub
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0097 characterised by the hub connectors A61M39/10
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/1011 Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties A61M39/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/105 Multi-channel connectors or couplings, e.g. for connecting multi-lumen tubes multi-channel connectors in general F16L37/56

Abstract

A catheter connection system is described herein, including a hub assembly and a connector assembly, the hub assembly including a cannula configured for insertion into a catheter lumen and the connector assembly including a collet and collar. The collet is connected to the hub assembly and positioned about a distal portion of the cannula such that an inner surface of the collet is spaced from an outer surface of the cannula. The collar and collet include features that interact with one another to provide a locking engagement. Also described is a multifunction adaptor to establish a connection between a catheter and another instrument, such as a tunneler or syringe.

Claims

1. A connection system for a catheter, comprising:

a hub assembly including a cannula configured for insertion into a lumen of the catheter;

a collet connected to the hub assembly and positioned about a portion of the cannula, the collet including a body defining an inner surface, the inner surface positioned about a portion of the hub assembly and spaced apart from the cannula to permit passage of a catheter wall between the body and the cannula, the collet further including locking arms extending outwardly from the body and having protrusions at distal ends of the locking arms;

a collar including recesses on an outer surface of the collar and a compression ring positioned along a distal inner surface of the collar and contained within the collar; and

wherein when the catheter wall is positioned between the inner surface of the body and the cannula, the collar is movable over the body of the collet and between the locking arms such that the locking arms are flexed outward, the collar movable until the protrusions of the collet fall into the recesses of the collar to lockingly engage the collar and collet, thereby securing the catheter to the connection system.

2. The connection system of claim 1, wherein the body of the collet is tapered.

3. The connection system of claim 1, wherein the hub assembly further comprises a core member, the cannula positioned through a lumen of the core member.

4. The connection system of claim 3, wherein the hub assembly further comprises a bifurcation surrounding the core member and a proximal end of the cannula.

5. The connection system of claim 4, wherein the hub assembly further comprises an extension leg in fluid communication with the cannula, the bifurcation surrounding a distal portion of the extension leg.

6. The connection system of claim 1, wherein the catheter includes a lumen sized smaller than the cannula, the lumen configured to slide over the cannula to form a compressive fit.

7. The connection system of claim 1, wherein the cannula comprises a first and second cannula member configured for insertion into a first and second lumen of a catheter.