US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on June 3 for "Catheter insertion device with tip protector housing" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,558, issued on June 3, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Catheter insertion device with tip protector housing" was invented by Michele E Dalena (Plymouth, Minn.), Kathryn Felicito (Plymouth, Minn.), David J Goral (Plymouth, Minn.), Jay T Breindel (Plymouth, Minn.), Christopher Roehl (Plymouth, Minn.), Harsh D Chheda (Plymouth, Minn.) and Walton A Norfleet (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a safety catheter assembly comprising a needle hub, a catheter hub, a tip protector housing. Various embodiments can comprise a push-off tab extending radially from the tip pro...