INTRAVENOUS CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 11 MHO 11111 1 1111111 11111 1111E 1011 11111 1111 MI MI 1111 1111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ...0\"\"\"1 WO 2018/204636 A3 08 November 2018 (08.11.2018) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: 7701 S. Summerhill Circle, Cottonwood Heights, Utah A61M 25/00 (2006.01) A61M 25/06 (2006.01) 84121 (US). STALEY, Shaun; 373 East Belview Avenue, Murray, Utah 84107 (US). WARNER, Tyler; 15366 Sil- (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/030881 verpoint Circle, Bluffdale, Utah 84065 (US). (22) International Filing Date: (74) Agent: METCALF, Craig; Kirton McConkie, 36 South 03 May 2018 (03.05.2018) State Street, Suite 1900, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 (US). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (26) Publication Language: English AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (30) Priority Data: CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, 62/501,670 04 May 2017 (04.05.2017) US DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 15/969,584 02 May 2018 (02.05.2018) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, [US/US]; 1 Becton Drive, Mail Code 110, Franklin Lakes, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, New Jersey 07417-1880 (US). SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (72) Inventors: BURKHOLZ, Jonathan, Karl; 1971 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 (US). WANG, (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every _ Bin; 233 East Silver Willow Drive, Sandy, Utah 84070 kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (US). SONDEREGGER, Ralph, L.; 1671 West 1440 GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, = = North, Farmington, Utah 84025 (US). SPATARO, Joseph; UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, = - (54) Title: INTRAVENOUS CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS = = = 30 29 22 10--- = 0 or-14 = = 26 if f 0 = 0 12 18 = a . _ .. . _ .. 24_ IIK m IM ilac . M . i I . i , ' - p , c 1. , - i , f , . i i 16 i**,c 20 = en .4 FIG. 1A M 'V (57) : An intravenous (IV) cathete