Medical article with rotatable wings
A medical device assembly includes a catheter with a catheter hub, a housing, a first wing, and a second wing. The housing surrounds the catheter hub, but is spaced from the catheter hub to define a channel. The first wing includes a first hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the first wing about the catheter hub. The second wing includes a second hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the second wing about the catheter hub.
1. A medical device assembly, comprising:
a catheter, including a catheter hub;
a housing surrounding the catheter hub, the housing spaced from the catheter hub such that a channel is defined therebetween;
a first wing having a first hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the first wing about the catheter hub, the first wing extending from the catheter hub in a first direction; and
a second wing having a second hook disposed in the channel to permit rotation of the second wing about the catheter hub, the second wing extending from the catheter hub in a second direction opposite the first direction.
2. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the catheter includes a bevel rotationally aligned with the first wing when the first wing is in an insertion position.
3. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on each of the first wing and the second wing.
4. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the catheter hub comprises a luer connector configured to connect the catheter hub with a medical line.
5. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing is designed to rotate independently from the second wing.
6. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing and the second wing are connected such that rotation of the first wing simultaneously rotates the second wing.
7. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing and the second wing are spring-loaded to bias rotation of the first wing away from the second wing.
8. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a handpiece including a slot, wherein at least a portion of the first wing is received within the slot when the first wing is in an insertion position.
9. The medical device assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the slot inhibits free rotation of the first wing out of the insertion position.
10. The medical device assembly according to claim 8 , wherein an end of the catheter hub is received within the slot.
11. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first wing and the second wing includes a protrusion.
12. The medical device assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the housing includes at least one detent configured to engage with the protrusion.
13. The medical device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a radially outer portion of the first wing is releasably attached to a radially outer portion of the second wing in an insertion position.
14. The medical device assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the radially outer portions of the first wing and the second wing are designed to be detached following insertion of the catheter into a patient and rotated away from one another toward the patient.
15. The medical device assembly according to claim 14 , further comprising an adhesive layer disposed on each of the first wing and the second wing, the adhesive layer designed to adhere to the patient.