Integrated vascular delivery system

摘要

An integrated vascular delivery system having a frame configured to receive a catheter insertable in a patient to deliver fluid at an insertion site. The frame includes a first hub, a second hub, and a pair of flexible lateral members extending between the hubs and including a tubular lateral member. The system also includes a fluidic channel that fluidically communicates with the catheter, wherein the fluidic channel passes through the tubular lateral member and at least one of the hubs, and includes a fixed turnabout portion in which fluid flows in a direction different from that within the catheter. The first and second hubs provide anchoring points on the patient distributed around the insertion site and on opposite ends of the catheter, thereby anchoring the frame to the patient and stabilizing the catheter. A method is provided for using an integrated vascular delivery system.

主权项

1. An integrated vascular delivery system adapted to stabilize a catheter inserted at an insertion site on a patient, comprising:
a catheter hub configured to conform to a surface of the patient and configured to provide a first anchoring point on the patient, wherein the catheter hub comprises a proximal side and a distal side, and is configured to receive a catheter, at the proximal side, to transfer a fluid at the insertion site; a tubular lateral member defining a lumen and configured to fluidly couple, by the catheter hub, to the catheter, wherein the tubular lateral member is physically coextensive with the catheter hub at the proximal side of the catheter hub; a fluidic channel that fluidly communicates with the catheter, wherein the fluidic channel is configured to pass through the lumen of the tubular lateral member and through the catheter hub, and comprises a fixed turnabout portion, defined within the catheter hub,
wherein the fluidic channel is configured to receive fluid flow from the proximal side of the catheter hub, to direct fluid flow into the fixed turnabout portion, and to direct fluid flow out of the fixed turnabout portion and out of the proximal side of the catheter hub; and a septum, coupled to the distal side of the catheter hub and adjacent to the fixed turnabout portion, configured to receive a needle and to direct the needle into the catheter to facilitate insertion of the catheter at the insertion site.