Catheter grip and catheter assembly

摘要

A catheter grip and catheter assembly are provided. The catheter grip includes a body portion adapted to extend circumferentially around a catheter shaft of the catheter assembly to facilitate gripping of the catheter shaft by a user. The catheter grip also includes a head portion through which the catheter shaft can be fed and a biasing mechanism. The biasing mechanism biases the body portion and the head portion away from one another.

主权项

1. A catheter grip for a catheter shaft, said catheter grip comprising:
a body portion adapted to extend circumferentially around said catheter shaft, said body portion comprising two opposed substantially planar gripping surfaces that are resiliently compressible towards one another to facilitate gripping of said catheter shaft by a user, and opposed longitudinal walls that extend between edges of said opposed substantially planar gripping surfaces; a head portion through which said catheter shaft can be fed; a biasing mechanism comprising two laterally spaced walls extending between said body portion and said head portion, said laterally spaced walls being resiliently deformable away from one another as said body portion and said head portion are moved towards one another such that, on release, said laterally spaced walls bias said body portion and said head portion away from one another; and wherein said catheter grip is adapted to be removably associated with said catheter shaft.