Patents Assigned to Qathex, LLC
  • Publication number: 20250025209
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Patent number: 11058456
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Publication number: 20210204977
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Publication number: 20180325550
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino