Patents by Inventor Larry B. Mitton

Larry B. Mitton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5456676
    Abstract: A connector for connecting two catheters and permitting the catheters to rotate relatively, the connector having a collar, a hub and a rotator, the hub and the rotator having an O-Ring therebetween. The rotator overlays the hub and has an internal surface that has a shape that is contoured to the shape of the O-Ring to make a seal therebetween. The hub has a surface at an end thereof with a projection thereon that biases the O-Ring into a sealing contact with the internal contoured surface of the rotator. The collar prohibits the hub from withdrawing from its overlaid position within the rotator by overhanging a surface extending radially from the hub. The hub receives a catheter, at the end opposite its contact with the O-Ring, the catheter wedging within the hub. The rotator received a catheter by an end having a luer lock with a common longitudinal axis about which they are all preferably symmetrical. Each component, including the O-Ring is preferably concentrically aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Arlin D. Nelson, Larry B. Mitton, Jerry L. Trujillo, Marshall T. Denton