6 results about "Catheter introducer" patented technology

Aspects are directed to an improved suction catheter that increases the effectiveness of clearing the airway, reducing the need for separate suctioning and foreign body grasping instruments. The embodiments described herein provide medical personnel the ability to use one hand and catheter to selectively grasp an anatomically lodged foreign body while reducing the likelihood of lumen blockage and interruption of suction. The embodiments described herein further provide an auxiliary access port that allows insertion of a bougie instrument into a suction catheter. The suction catheter may be a Yankauer device or improved suction catheter with grasping housing. The bougie instrument may extend through the access port and a lumen of the catheter while still providing suction via the lumen. Due to the small size of the suction catheter, the bougie instrument may extend from the catheter's distal end when placed in close proximity to a patient's vocal cords.

The invention proposes a catheter threading device comprising at least one first frame part and at least one second frame part. The first frame member includes at least one base web and at least two vertical webs, where the second frame member may be disposed on the vertical webs to form at least one circumferential frame. At least one assembly aid is arranged between the at least two vertical webs, the at least one assembly aid being materially connected to the base web and having at least one predetermined breaking point.

Provided herein is a vascular access device including a catheter insertion apparatus and a needleless access connector unit. The catheter insertion apparatus includes a catheter assembly having a housing defining a passageway, a needle slidably mounted within the passageway and defining a needle lumen, a frame, and a catheter coupled to the frame, the frame sliding within the housing to advance the catheter within the needle lumen. The catheter insertion apparatus is operable between an initial configuration in which the needle extends distally from the housing and the catheter is retracted proximally within the needle lumen, and an actuated configuration in which the needle is retracted back into the passageway of the housing and the catheter extends distally from the housing. The needleless access connector unit is positioned at the proximal end of the catheter assembly frame and provides an access port to the catheter.

A medical assembly includes an expandable-mouth catheter and an introducer tool configured to facilitate advancement of the catheter into a delivery sheath. In some examples, a distal-most portion of the introducer tool includes a plurality of axial extensions separated by triangular-shaped slits. When the catheter is received within the introducer tool and when the introducer tool is received within a tapered portion of the delivery sheath, the axial extensions are configured to collapse radially inward to radially compress the expandable member and to enable the introducer to extend farther into the delivery sheath.

Disclosed herein are introducer sheaths and methods of using the same. The sheaths (40) minimize trauma to the patient's vasculature by including an introducer (100) sized and configured to be received within an expandable sheath. The system includes a coupling mechanism (200) for releasably coupling the introducer to the expandable sheath. Engaging the coupling mechanism allows the expandable sheath to move from a first configuration, in which the expandable sheath has a first outer diameter, to a collapsed / narrowed configuration in which the expandable sheath has a second, smaller, outer diameter due to the axially directed force exerted on the expandable sheath by the introducer and / or coupling mechanism as the introducer is advanced within the central lumen of the expandable sheath.

The present disclosure relates to a catheter assembly having an advancement feature for a shield needle. Catheter assembly vascular access devices using such assemblies are disclosed. The catheter assembly includes a catheter, an introducer needle, a needle hub, and a catheter distal tip support element. The assembly includes an advancement assembly disposed between the needle hub and the distal tip of the introducer needle, the advancement assembly configured to advance the catheter distal tip support element a distance sufficient to advance the distal end of the elongate tubular portion to cover the distal tip of the needle in the shielded position.