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US 12,337,123 · App. 17/551,255 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Safety intravenous cannula

Inventors: Neeraj Gupta (Gurgaon, IN); Calvin Todd Fagley (Excelsior, MN); Rachel Ann Sender (Eden Prairie, MN)
Assignee: MedSource Labs, LLC
A61M25/0097A61M25/0043A61M25/0625A61M25/0662A61M2205/02
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Patent No.
US 12,337,123
App. No.
17/551,255
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a cannula comprising a catheter assembly, a body member, an elongated tubular member, a needle hub, and a safety device fixedly connected to a distal end of the elongated tubular member and releasably connected to the body member. The body member includes an annular groove, and the safety device comprises locking elements. When the needle is retracted from the catheter assembly after puncturing the vein of a patient, the body member is disengaged by disengaging the locking elements from the annular groove, thereby separating the safety device from the body member after the needle has been arrested within safety device. The locking elements are solid spherical elements of stainless steel material.

Claims (17)

1. A safety intravenous cannula, comprising:

a catheter assembly comprising a catheter hub, the catheter hub having a distal end connected to a proximal end of a catheter tube, and a body member having a cylindrical portion along the catheter hub;

an elongated tubular member disposed at a proximal end of the catheter assembly;

a needle hub comprising a needle holder disposed inside the elongated tubular member, wherein a distal end of the needle holder is connected with a needle;

a safety device having a proximal portion fixedly connected to a distal end of the elongated tubular member and releasably connected to the body member of the catheter assembly,

wherein the body member is provided with an annular groove at an inner surface of the body member, and

wherein the safety device comprises one or more locking elements,

wherein the one or more locking elements of the safety device are adapted to engage with the annular groove of the body member, thereby forming a locking engagement and a tight fit relationship between the elongated tubular member and the catheter assembly when the needle is passed through the safety device for puncturing a vein of a patient, and

wherein when the needle is retracted from the catheter assembly after puncturing the vein of the patient, the body member which is in a tight fit relationship with the catheter assembly is disengaged by disengaging the one or more locking elements from the annular groove, thereby disengaging the locking engagement between the elongated tubular member and the catheter assembly, and separating the safety device from the body member of the catheter assembly, the needle being adapted to be arrested within the safety device.

2. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 1 , wherein the safety device comprises a groove on an outer surface of the safety device to accommodate the one or more locking elements.

3. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 2 , wherein the one or more locking elements are solid spherical elements made of a stainless steel material.

4. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 3 , wherein the groove on the outer surface of the safety device has a diameter more than or equal to a diameter of the solid spherical elements.

5. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 3 , wherein the solid spherical elements of the safety device are adapted to move outwardly to engage with the annular groove of the body member, thereby forming the locking engagement and the tight fit relationship between the elongated tubular member and the catheter assembly when the needle is passed through the safety device for puncturing the vein of the patient.

6. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 3 , wherein when the needle is retracted from the catheter assembly after puncturing the vein of the patient, the body member which is in a tight fit relationship with the catheter assembly is disengaged by disengaging the solid spherical elements from the annular groove, thereby disengaging the locking engagement between the elongated tubular member and the catheter assembly, and separating the safety device from the body member of the catheter assembly, the needle being adapted to be arrested within the safety device.

7. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 1 , wherein the proximal portion of the safety device has a circular base portion, the circular base portion fixedly connected with the distal end of the elongated tubular member and including a central hole.

8. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 7 , wherein the safety device comprises a tubular portion extending from the circular base portion and including an axial bore forming a passage for the needle within the central hole.

9. The safety intravenous cannula of claim 8 , wherein a groove provided on an outer surface of the tubular portion of the safety device extends towards the axial bore of the safety device.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 15, 2025
From: MEDSOURCE INTERNATIONAL LLC
To: MEDSOURCE LABS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069932/0811 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: HARSORIA HEALTHCARE PVT. LTD.
To: GUPTA, NEERAJ
Reel/Frame 059004/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: GUPTA, NEERAJ; FAGLEY, CALVIN TODD; SENDER, RACHEL ANN
To: MEDSOURCE INTERNATIONAL LLC
Reel/Frame 059004/0255 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 202111020693 · May 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220355072A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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