Patents Represented by Attorney Geroge H. Gerstman

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  • Connection site protector
    Patent number: 4340052
    Abstract: A contamination protector for a medical device, principally for use in surrounding and protecting a connection between a plastic dialysis solution container (10) and tubing (22) carried by a patient practicing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The protector is generally cylindrical in shape, and opens and closes much like a "clamshell." The inner wall surface (34) of the protector is adapted to carry a material (36) which holds a sterilizing agent in contact with a medical connection when the protector is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Michael Dennehey, Richard J. Greff, Ludwig Wolf, Jr.