MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517067947 A) filed by Vigmed Ab, Helsingborg, Sweden, on July 16, for 'catheter system.'
Inventor(s) include Henriksson, Joakim.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a closed IV catheter system extending in a distal-proximal direction along a central axis (A). The catheter system (10) comprises a catheter hub (100) having a tubular catheter (101) attached to a catheter hub body (102) at its proximal end, and a catheter hub cavity (103) in fluid communication with a lumen of the tubular catheter (101), and a tube connector (104) in fluid communication with the catheter hub cavity (103). The tube connector (104) extends laterally from the catheter hub body (102). The catheter system (10) further comprises a septum (106) having a distal end (116) and a proximal end (126), and being arranged inside the catheter hub cavity (103) proximally of the tube connector (104). The septum (106) comprises a socket (107) extending towards the central axis (A) in the distal-proximal direction between the distal end (116) and the proximal end (126), and the distal end (116) of the septum (106) extends distally past a waist (109) arranged on an internal surface of the catheter hub cavity (103)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 15, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/053886.
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