Indwelling catheter with breakaway needle and lanyard advancing means

Claim 1

A catheter emplacement set which comprises a hollow needle having a pointed end for tissue piercing and an opposite end defining a pair of cooperating, gripping flanges in pinching relation, a line of weakness extending from said pointed end of said needle terminating at a crack adjacent the forward edges of said flanges, a flexible catheter slidably received by said needle and extending without said needle, means on the end of said catheter opposite said pointed needle end for attaching said catheter to a source of parenteral administration fluid once said catheter has been placed and said needle has been broken along said lines of weakness into separate pieces for removal, an elongated cover receiving said catheter and having an open end received between said flanges and secured in said crack so that said open end is disposed in position relative to said needle to permit blood flowing from said needle during tissue piercing to enter said cover, and an elongated lanyard secured by said means on the end of said catheter, said lanyard extending from without said cover open end to facilitate rapid and smooth advancement of said catheter through said needle after emplacement of said needle in a blood vessel or the like.