Multi-use blood control safety catheter assembly

A catheter assembly comprises a catheter; and a catheter hub connected to the catheter, the catheter hub including: a valve that selectively permits or blocks a flow of fluid through the catheter; and a valve actuator that moves between a first position and a second position, the valve actuator incl...

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Hauptverfasser:	BORNHOFT, Stephen, HUIBIN, Liu, MA, Yiping, TRAINER, Lawrence, SONDEREGGER, Ralph, HARDING, Weston, CLUFF, Ken, BURKHOLZ, Jon, WHITAKER, Weston
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	A catheter assembly comprises a catheter; and a catheter hub connected to the catheter, the catheter hub including: a valve that selectively permits or blocks a flow of fluid through the catheter; and a valve actuator that moves between a first position and a second position, the valve actuator includes one or more protrusions; and a biasing member that engages the protrusions of the valve actuator to move the valve actuator from the second position to the first position.