Guide Element for Intravascular Access Device - Patent Application US20260097186A1
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260097186A1 for a guide element for intravascular access devices. The invention includes a needle inside a catheter lumen with a working space configured to receive tools, and a guide element with annular elements to control its distal end. The application was filed on September 20, 2023, under application number 19113880.
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USPTO published patent application US20260097186A1 for a guide element designed for intravascular access devices. The invention comprises an intravascular access device with a needle inside a catheter lumen, a working space between the needle exterior and catheter interior configured to receive tools, and a guide element with annular elements for distal control during advancement inside blood vessels.
Medical device manufacturers developing vascular access products should monitor this application for potential future IP landscape impacts. While patent applications do not create immediate enforceable rights, they signal technological development directions in intravascular access systems that may inform R&D and product development strategies.
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GUIDE ELEMENT FOR INTRAVASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE
Application US20260097186A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026
Inventors
Raul LEYTE-VIDAL, Ryan PATTERSON, Amir BELSON
Abstract
A guide element for an intravascular access device may include an intravascular access device having a needle inside of a catheter lumen and a working space between an exterior surface of the needle and an interior surface of the catheter, the working space configured to receive one or more tools therethrough, and a guide element having a distal end and a proximal end separated by one or more annular elements, the guide element configured to be distally advanced from the intravascular access device inside of a blood vessel, wherein the one or more annular elements is configured to control at least a distal end of the guide element.
CPC Classifications
A61M 25/0606 A61M 25/09 A61M 2025/09116
Filing Date
2023-09-20
Application No.
19113880
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