Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter, catheter adapter, needle, needle guard, and housing. The housing may be coupled to the needle guard and disposed within a lumen of the catheter adapter. The needle guard may include first and second resilient arms, which may include first and second curved portions, respectively. When the needle is in a ready position, the first and second curved portions may be urged by a shaft of the needle into retaining contact with an inner wall of the catheter adapter. When the needle is in the retracted position, the shaft may no longer bias the first and second resilient arms outwardly such that the retaining contact between the first and second curved portions and the catheter adapter is released, and the housing and the needle guard enclose a distal tip of the needle.

Abstract: A drug dispenser for administering a drug solution ophthalmically. The dispenser comprises a cylindrical member having an open proximal end, a distal end having a hole for dispensing the drug solution, and a connecting passage formed in a sidewall thereof. A plunger is receivable in the proximal end of the cylindrical member and the member is axially slidable on the plunger between a non-mix position and a mix position. The dispenser further comprises a piston having a distal end and a proximal end and slidably disposed within the cylindrical member in sealing engagement therewith. The distal end of the piston is located proximally of the passage and forms a drug chamber with the distal end of the member for storing a drug when the member is in its non-mix position. The proximal end of the piston is distally spaced from the plunger to form a diluent chamber therebetween for storing a diluent when the cylindrical member is in its non-mix position.