Interfitting Members Patents (Class 604/535)
  • Patent number: 11911585
    Abstract: Medical devices including vascular access kits and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a vascular access system may include a first conduit, a second conduit, and a connector that is reversibly or irreversibly coupled to both the first and second conduits such that there is a continuous lumen from the first conduit and the second conduit. In some embodiments the vascular access system may include a connector where the inside geometry of the connector enhances laminar flow. The vascular access system, when implanted and assembled, may be a fully subcutaneous surgical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hall, Wayne Mower
  • Patent number: 11786715
    Abstract: A luer connector including a rigid housing having a first end and a second end. The housing further including a rigid tubular male portion at the first end, a rigid tubular female portion at the second end, and a longitudinal opening therethrough. The male portion is configured to be engageable with a female connector. The female portion is configured to be engageable with a male connector and to prevent the disengagement of the male connector from the female portion. In some embodiments, the female portion is configured to maintain a fixed rotational position when the male connector is being threaded therewith, but to rotate with the male connector once the male connector has become fully engaged with the female portion so as to prevent the male connector from becoming unthreaded from the female portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Jr., George A. Lopez
  • Patent number: 11633535
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide multi-medicament or single medicament infusion systems for preventing the cross-channeling or improper delivery of medicaments. The system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament cartridges, cartridge connectors, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. The medicament cartridges may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the pump under selected configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BETA BIONICS, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Damiano, David Matthew Henderson, Bryan Dale Knodel, Michael J. Rosinko
  • Patent number: 11383073
    Abstract: A connector comprises a body having a tubing portion and a luer portion axially opposite the tubing portion and connected thereto, an internal passageway defined by an inner circumferential surface of the connector, the passageway extending axially between the tubing portion and the luer portion and in fluid communication therewith, a stopping mechanism disposed in the luer portion and configured to limit an extent of a fluid line disposed in the connector, and a retaining mechanism disposed in the tubing portion and configured to retain the fluid line in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Feith
  • Patent number: 11154699
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application are directed toward an enteral feeding connector, comprising a stem member of a male enteral feeding connector configured to fit inside a shroud skirt of a female enteral feeding connector, wherein an end of the stem member comprises a positive taper funnel-shaped opening. In some cases, an outer radial surface of the end of the stem member is shaped to match a profile of an inner radial surface of the shroud skirt, such that the outer radial surface of the end of the stem member is flush with the inner radial surface of the shroud skirt when the stem member is disposed within the shroud skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CODAN US CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas F. Knight
  • Patent number: 11045635
    Abstract: A male fluid connector, a female fluid connector, and a connection system comprising the connectors. The connection system comprises a male connector and a female connector that both are modified such that they cannot be engaged. The connection system removes the risk of unintentional connection of the two modified connectors not intended to be connected but still allows connection of the two modified connectors to other non-modified connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventor: Ola Carlsson
  • Patent number: 10918849
    Abstract: A connection apparatus for a medical device includes a first connection member having a first end and a second end with the first connection member defining at least one channel adjacent the first end. The at least one channel having a first portion extending in an axial direction and a shoulder adjacent to the first end of the first connection member that defines a channel entry. The at least one channel having a second portion extending in a transverse direction relative to the axial direction. The connection apparatus further including a second connection member having a first end and a second end and at least one protrusion adjacent the first end. The shoulder is configured to guide the at least one protrusion of the second connection member into the channel entry regardless of the orientation of the at least one protrusion relative to the channel entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company Limited
    Inventors: Austin McKinnon, Laurie Sanders, Yan Yevmenenko, Jude Cancellieri, Daniel Hamilton, James J. Kennedy, III, Lai Chiu Tang, Richard Mann
  • Patent number: 10744317
    Abstract: An enteral adapter coupling for connecting non-ENFit threaded enteral equipment with ISO 80369-3 compliant and compatible enteral equipment. The adapter coupling includes a first end substantially corresponding to an ISO 80369-3 coupling format, a second end substantially conforming to a threaded enteral feeding coupling format, and an internal lumen extending through the coupling allowing fluid communication between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Davis, Aaron N. Ingram, Mark M. Costello, John Burke
  • Patent number: 10682506
    Abstract: A connecting structure for medical use includes a male assembly (1) and a female connector (2) having a cylindrical configuration. The male assembly (1) includes a male connector (10) having a cylindrical configuration and a threadedly engageable cylinder (20) rotatably coupled to the male connector (10). A male luer portion (11) of the male connector (10) and a female luer portion (2a) of the female connector (2) are joined by turning the threadedly engageable cylinder (20) in a tightening direction when a female screw (21a) of the threadedly engageable cylinder (20) and an engageable protrusion (2c) of the female connector (2) are threadedly engaged with each other. The connecting structure for medical use further includes a loosening prevention mechanism (30) that prohibits rotation of the threadedly engageable cylinder (20) in a loosening direction with respect to the male connector (10) when the male luer portion (11) and the female luer portion (2a) are joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Koyo Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mario Iwakata, Hiroki Watanabe, Takayuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10639466
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tube/tube connector/capsule port assembly that eliminates a connection point in a filter capsule apparatus. A relatively soft tube is thermally or sonically bonded to a relatively hard tube connector that may have a tube receiving bore, frustoconical tube receiving channel or straight tube receiving channel. The tube connector is bonded to a filter capsule port. The manufacturing process can be either a one-step process bonding the tube, tube connector and capsule in one step, or a two-step process that binds the tube to the tube connector in the first step and then binds the tube/tube connector subassembly to a filter capsule housing during the housing's molding procedure. Single and dual-walled tubes may be used as well as single and dual-walled tubes having reinforcing material superposed about or embedded in the tube wall(s). A tube support collar is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZhenWu Lin, Jacob Andrews
  • Patent number: 10500390
    Abstract: A medical connector of the present invention is characterized in that: when a male connector portion is inserted into a female connector portion, a first locking portion is engaged with the female connector portion to achieve a first locked state as well as a second locked state; when the second locked state is released by operation of a second unlock operating portion and the female connector portion is moved in a disengagement direction with respect to the male connector portion, the locking member is moved in the disengagement direction together with the female connector portion while keeping the first locked state; and when the female connector portion is rotated with respect to the male connector portion, the first locked state is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Takeshi Toyama
  • Patent number: 10238855
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the invention relate to a connector including at least one first connector part and at least one second connector part. The connector parts can be connected to one another in a fluid-tight manner and can be locked to one another via at least one closure element. One of the connector parts has at least one sealing element (e.g., a septum or a sealing disk) that blocks a throughflow in the closed state and which can be opened, and the other one of the connector parts has at least one opening element for opening the sealing element. One of the connector parts has at least one projection and the other one of the connector parts has at least one receiver, and the opening element and the sealing element are arranged with respect to one another such that the opening element only opens the sealing element when the projection has been introduced into the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Weber, Robert Berlich, Gerhard Mager
  • Patent number: 9925364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter connector configured to provide an escape location for a liquid medium trapped therein. The catheter connector includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end includes a proximal end port for mating communication with a fluid delivery device. The body defines a hollow interior extending from the proximal end to the distal end. In one embodiment, the catheter connector includes an insert configured within the hollow interior of the connector. The insert defines a bore therethrough that is configured to receive a catheter at least partially therein. Further, the bore includes an interior wall and an exterior wall defining a thickness therebetween. The interior wall includes at least one discontinuity. Thus, when the catheter is inserted through the bore, at least one cavity is formed by the catheter and the at least one discontinuity of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Saeed Khalaj, Kenneth Chen-Tse Hsu
  • Patent number: 9555180
    Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) connection apparatus includes a first connector for connecting to a PD fluid fill line; a second connector in fluid communication with the first connector, the second connector including a filter configured to allow air but not fluid to pass through the filter; and an air-tight cap manually removeable and resealable to the second connector so as to selectively expose the filter to allow air trapped in a patient's peritoneum to be vented to atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventor: Bijan Elahi
  • Patent number: 9421329
    Abstract: Device and method embodiments are described which are capable of detecting and alerting a user of an infusion device to a hindrance in the ability to deliver measured quantities of fluids. In some cases, the devices and method embodiments for such occlusion detection do not require significant modification of an infusion device and can be carried out with a minimum of additional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey Kruse
  • Patent number: 9227047
    Abstract: A catheter connector and method of use is disclosed. The catheter connector includes a body, a proximal end port, and a seal. The body has a proximal end and a distal end. Further, the body defines a hollow interior from the proximal end to the distal end. The hollow interior is configured to receive a catheter at least partially therethrough. The proximal end port includes a cavity and is configured with the proximal end of the body for mating communication with a fluid delivery device, such as a pump, reservoir, syringe, or the like. This port may have any conventional configuration, such as a Luer-lock fitting. The seal is configured within the interior of the body and includes a passage configured for receipt of the catheter. In addition, at least a portion of the seal is configured within the cavity of the proximal end port. Further, the seal is configured to compress around the catheter so as to axially secure the catheter within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Saeed Khalaj
  • Patent number: 9095693
    Abstract: A connecting device includes a connecting member having a primary flow channel and secondary flow channels, each provided with a proximal aperture intended to be fluidically connected to a respective tube for medical treatment fluid administration and with a distal aperture, the distal aperture of the primary flow channel being positioned between the distal apertures of the secondary flow channels, and a connection endpiece intended to be connected to a catheter, the connection endpiece having a mounting portion in which the connecting member is mounted, the connecting member and the connection endpiece delimiting an internal chamber into which open the distal apertures of the primary and secondary flow channels, where the cross-section of the distal aperture of the primary flow channel is greater than the cross-section of the proximal aperture of the primary flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: DORAN INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Philippe Buisson
  • Publication number: 20150148776
    Abstract: Peritoneal dialysis systems and methods are provided by the present disclosure. In a general embodiment, a peritoneal dialysis system includes a peritoneal dialysis fluid supply, a supply line in fluid communication with the peritoneal dialysis fluid supply, the supply line terminating at a supply connector, a patient connector in fluid communication with a patient's indwelling catheter, and a device configured to be placed around at least one of the supply connector and the patient connector during a connection of the supply connector and the patient connector, the device including an ultraviolet (“UV”) transmissive material to allow UV energy to be directed inwardly through the device towards a mating surface of the at least one of the supply connector and the patient connector during the connection of the supply connector and the patient connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Sobue, Takeshi Nakajima, Atsushi Matsuzaki, Minoru Okuda
  • Patent number: 9028466
    Abstract: A universal introducer adapter which can be inserted into a pre-placed introducer of arbitrary dimensions eliminates the need to replace or remove the introducer. The adapter includes a distal portion with a retainer in the form of a soft elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical Coordination Center BVBA
    Inventors: Björn Atthoff, Fredrik Preinitz
  • Patent number: 9022969
    Abstract: A medical infusion fluid handling system, such as an automated peritoneal dialysis system, may be arranged to de-cap and connect one or more lines (such as solution lines) with one or more spikes or other connection ports on a fluid handling cassette. This feature may reduce a likelihood of contamination since no human interaction is required to de-cap and connect the one or more lines and the one or more spikes. For example, the automated peritoneal dialysis system may include a carriage arranged to receive the one or more lines each having a connector end and a cap. The carriage may move along a first direction so as to move the connector ends of the one or more lines along the first direction, and a cap stripper may be arranged to engage with the caps on the one or more lines on the carriage. The cap stripper may move in a second direction transverse to the first direction, as well as to move with the carriage along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Simon C. Helmore, David W. McGill, David J. Hibbard, James D. Dale, Matthew J. Finch, Jesse T. Bodwell, Jason A. Demers
  • Publication number: 20150105753
    Abstract: A lock mechanism includes a hood (20) that is arranged so as to surround the periphery of a male member (10) and is for insertion of a female connector (100), and a single lock lever (30) having a cantilever support structure capable of elastic displacement. The lock lever (30) includes a claw (34) for engaging with the female connector (100), and an operation portion (35) for elastically displacing the lock lever (30) in a direction of separation from the male member (10). The claw (34) and the operation portion (35) are provided on the free end side of the lock lever (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Tadashi Okiyama
  • Patent number: 8991876
    Abstract: A connection for the fluid connection of at least one first fluid-conducting, medical-technical system to a second one, a method for connecting at least two fluid-conducting, medical-technical systems, as well as an external medical-technical apparatus and a medical-technical apparatus are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Lauer
  • Publication number: 20150080814
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention comprises an adapter configured to divide a single input tubular line into multiple tubular lines used in infusion therapies, which has a manifold at one end that comprises a single input port (e.g., female luer, male luer, barbed tubular pole, or straight tubular port) to which a fluidic source may be connected, multiple output ports (e.g., female tubing ports or barbed tubular poles) to which output infusion tubular lines may be connected, a flow disburser feature to ensure even distribution of fluidic flow within the adapter, recessed slots in the sides of the adapter to clamp the output infusion tubular lines without the need for external clamps, and identifying markings on the outside of the adapter to uniquely identify each of the output tubular lines. The adapter may also incorporate an embedded flow restrictor or filter, eliminating the need for external components and their associated connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Lambert, Carlos Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 8968271
    Abstract: A connector for medical infusion lines, transfusion lines, and the like, includes a tubular body having at one end a male connector including an inner tubular element and an outer hollow element, which is internally threaded and can be coupled by screwing to a complementary female connector. The line connector further includes an outer maneuvering sleeve coupled in unidirectional rotation to the body in the direction corresponding to screwing of the male connector with respect to the complementary female connector and free to turn in the opposite direction, formed by two parts coupled together on the body of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Industrie Borla S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianni Guala
  • Patent number: 8951229
    Abstract: A catheter includes a pressure actuated seal within a manifold. A catheter body is coupled with the manifold, and a manifold lumen and a catheter lumen are configured to receive pressurized fluids. The pressure actuated seal includes a pressure actuated seal element having a seal element lumen. The seal element lumen is in communication with the manifold and catheter lumens. The pressure actuated seal element is deformable between an open configuration and a sealed configuration. In the sealed configuration, the pressurized fluids in the manifold press on the pressure actuated seal element along a first seal face. The pressure actuated seal element compresses inwardly around the seal element lumen according to a pressure of the pressurized fluids. In the open configuration, the pressure actuated seal element relaxes in an absence of the pressurized fluids, and the seal element lumen is open and configured to allow passage of an instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Limited
    Inventors: Michael J. Bonnette, Eric J. Thor, Stephen E. Weisel, Arthur E. Uber, III, Leif E. Leirfallom, Laszlo T. Farago
  • Patent number: 8945087
    Abstract: An access port for the introduction of a needle cannula tip into an IV tube set includes a rigid tubular housing and a resilient member disposed adjacent an inlet of the housing. The resilient member includes an axial perforation extending through the resilient member, and is normally closed by a resilient character of the resilient member. A depression is defined in a proximal face of the resilient member, and includes sidewalls extending between the proximal face and the axial perforation to guide the needle cannula tip toward the axial perforation as a needle cannula associated with the needle cannula tip is introduced into the access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Eugene E. Weilbacher, Gregory A. Steube
  • Patent number: 8945091
    Abstract: A breakaway coupling assembly includes a male coupling and a female coupling. The male coupling includes ribs that flex portions of the female coupling as an insert of the male coupling is positioned within the female coupling. Once the insert of male coupling is positioned into the female coupling a predefined distance, the ribs snap into a circumferential retention groove of the female coupling to secure the male coupling to the female coupling and form a fluid seal. The male coupling is decoupled from the female coupling by pinching the female coupling to release the ribs from the retention groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Colder Products Company
    Inventors: Randall Scott Williams, Patrick Thomas Gerst
  • Patent number: 8945058
    Abstract: A surgical access port is provided with a trocar cannula having a substantially rigid portion and an atraumatic distal tip. The atraumatic distal tip is substantially compliant relative to the rigid portion of the cannula. The trocar cannula provides unobstructed surgical access into a body cavity allowing the insertion and removal of surgical instruments through the trocar cannula and into the body cavity using a minimal sized incision or entryway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Kennii Pravongviengkham, Henry Kahle, Jeremy J. Albrecht, Scott V. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20150032089
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a medical connector assembly comprising a male port plug and a female port plug that is releasably lockable with the male port plug. The male port plug can include a first end portion adapted to mate with a fluid source, and a tapered second end portion. The second end portion can include a twistable locking mechanism comprising a plurality of crescent-shaped flanges that extend annularly about less than the entire outer circumferential surface of the second end portion. The female port plug can include a central channel configured to receive the male port plug. The central channel can have a tapered portion adapted to friction fit with the second end portion of the male port plug. The female port plug can further include a receptacle portion adapted to receive the plurality of flanges comprising the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Iris Way
  • Publication number: 20150011979
    Abstract: A soft grip medical connector comprises a housing with an upstream end, a downstream end and a lumen extending through a central portion thereof. A flexible member comprises a valve portion integrally formed with a sleeve portion. The valve portion is positioned within a section of the housing and is configured to control a flow of fluid through the housing lumen. The sleeve is inverted to envelope at least a portion of the outer surface of the housing. In some embodiments the gripping portion is integrally formed with the valve portion. In some embodiments, the connector is also generally configured to create a positive pressure in a catheter lumen upon removal of a syringe or other medical device from the upstream end of the connector. Methods of making a medical fluid connector generally comprise forming a valve member with a sleeve extending there from, and assembling the valve, sleeve and housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Fangrow
  • Patent number: 8926590
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a torque wire connected to an imaging probe; and a torque limiter defining a bore, a first end of the torque limiter being in mechanical communication with a motor, a second end of the torque limiter being in mechanical communication with the torque wire, the torque wire being disposed through the bore of the torque limiter. The torque limiter comprises a member defining at least one cutout which causes the torque limiter to break when rotational force on the torque wire exceeds a predetermined amount, thereby decoupling the motor from the torque wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Lightlab Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Petroff
  • Patent number: 8926588
    Abstract: A steerable delivery catheter includes an outer sheath with a housing disposed at a distal end thereof to define a chamber for a medical device, the chamber having an open distal end and a proximal inner shelf. An inner shaft is slidably disposed within the sheath and has an abutment attached to the distal end of the shaft, the abutment being slidably contained within the chamber. During navigation of the catheter, when the inner shaft is tensioned the abutment engages the shelf to apply a compressive force to the sheath to selectively deflect a distal region of the catheter. When the catheter has been navigated to the deployment site the sheath is withdrawn while the abutment maintains the medical device in place as it is deployed. A delivery method also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: William Berthiaume, Don Tran, Maria Valdovinos, Brent Locsin
  • Patent number: 8926549
    Abstract: A handle for a medical instrument having a handle housing that can be closed by a cover and having at least one drainage or irrigation hose in the handle housing that can be connected to a hose connection support. To create a handle that is of a simple construction and ensures a reliable fluid-proof insulated connection of the at least one hose and the hose connection support while protecting a material of the at least one hose, it is proposed that each drainage or irrigation hose should be connectable by an adaptor to the hose connection support and that the adaptor upon closing the handle housing can be pressed against the hose connection support by a stop positioned on the cover or on a base portion of the handle housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Blocher, Dominik Volkmer, Uwe Bacher
  • Publication number: 20150005747
    Abstract: An apparatus including a cap that can be placed onto or removed from a bottle with an interference fit, for instance using a snap-type motion. The cap has a top portion and at least partially open bottom portion, where the cap is defined in part by an outer top portion, outer side portion, inner top portion, and inner side portion. The top portion of the cap has a tubing interconnect, and the tubing interconnect includes a passage therethrough. The cap includes one or more venting passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Marcia Morris, Duane Hiscock
  • Publication number: 20150005715
    Abstract: A medical connector includes a body defining a lumen for fluid flow through the medical connector. The medical connector includes a luer member and an annular member disposed about the luer member. The annular member includes internal and/or external engagement structures. The medical connector may be provided on the outlet of a syringe or on a catheter. A fluid path is disclosed including a first section and a second section. The first and second sections may each include a medical connector to provide a removable connection with a syringe and a catheter, respectively. The medical connector may provide a removable connection between the first and second sections. A fluid delivery system is disclosed including an injector, a syringe operatively associated with the injector, and a fluid path connecting the syringe and a source of injection. The medical connector may provide a removable connection between the syringe and fluid path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin P. Cowan, Joseph B. Havrilla, Frederick W. Trombley, III
  • Publication number: 20150005716
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. A base is provided which is adapted to receive a reservoir. The base has a base engagement member, such as a detent, projecting therefrom. A cap is provided which is adapted to receive the base. The cap includes a first cap engagement member, such as a detent opening, which is adapted to removably engage the base detent. The cap further includes a second cap detent opening which is adapted to removably engage the base detent. A piercing member, such as a needle, is disposed in the interior of the cap in such a manner that the needle is separated from the reservoir septum when the base detent is in the first cap detent opening, and the needle pierces the reservoir septum when the base detent is in the second cap detent opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy W. Adair, Sheldon B. Moberg, Chalirmkiert Srisathapat
  • Publication number: 20140378891
    Abstract: An infusion system comprises an infusion set (30) with one or more advanced features including tube set strain relief (10), infusion pumps having heat exchange abilities and two-direction pumping abilities (100), Piezo pump devices (200), reservoirs (220, 240) made from expanded tubing, and oil impregnated pump plungers (302). An exemplary strain relief (10) includes an adhesive layer (12) such as pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) secured to a base (14). The base (14) rotatably receives a pin (18) of a tube holder (16). The pin (18) is captured within an opening (22) of the base (14) to allow 360 degree rotation of the tube holder (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Gary M. Searle et al., Charles G. Hwang
  • Publication number: 20140378915
    Abstract: Connector systems for a fluid container for pharmaceutical solutions are disclosed. The systems include an outer part adapted for insertion into a fluid conducting system and an inner part arranged in said outer part. The outer part includes a tamper-evident closure connected thereto at a predetermined breaking point that can be manually removed. An external side of the inner part abuts an internal side of the outer part. A closure element attached to the inner part prevents a flow of fluid through the inner part. The inner part and the outer part having provided thereon at least one fluid conducting element, such as a furrow, a flute, a depression or a groove. Medical supply systems comprising a bag, such as a dialysis bag, having such systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: MATTHIAS WESSELER
  • Publication number: 20140378894
    Abstract: An apparatus 100 for use in tube feeding comprises a cylindrical body 110 provided with a first opening 120 and a second opening 130 connected by a flow channel 140. The body 110 comprises reagent 111, for determining a characteristic of fluid disposed in the body and a transparent window 112 through which the reagent 111 is visible. In use, a first end of an internal feeding tube releasably engages with the first opening 120. The second, distal end of said feeding tube is disposed inside a patient to be fed. A second feeding tube engages with the second opening 130. The second feeding tube connects the apparatus 100 to a bi-directional pump operable: to pump internal fluid from a reservoir, through the apparatus and into the internal feeding tube; and to pump fluid from the patient into the body 110 of the apparatus 100. This allows a user to pump fluid from the patient into the body 110 of the apparatus 100 to react with the reagent 111.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Thorpe, Anat Barak
  • Publication number: 20140330254
    Abstract: A device, and method for using and manufacturing that device, to prevent accidental disruption of a channel placed inside a subject. The device is placed external to the patient, in-line with the channel, and it is designed to separate when a desired tractive force is applied to a portion of the channel that is outside the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Laura H. Rosenberger, Robert G. Sawyer, Christopher M. Watson
  • Patent number: 8876798
    Abstract: A clam shell shaped adapter for retaining a catheter to establish a fluid path between the catheter and a fluid device or line has first and second shells integrally connected by a living hinge. The first shell has a luer end and a catheter end. A flexible tubing at an inner surface of the first shell connects the luer end to the catheter end. The catheter is inserted through the catheter end to extend along the flexible tubing. A retainer structure is provided at an inner surface of the second shell so that when the first and second shells close upon each other, the retainer structure presses against the flexible tubing to fixedly retain the catheter in a fluidly sealing manner. Respective latch mechanisms provided at the shells lockingly couple the first and second shells to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoff Clark, Christian Schlerf
  • Publication number: 20140316380
    Abstract: A device for maintaining an aseptic catheter environment is provided. The device includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing and the second housing are coupled to one another by way of at least one coupler. The first housing and the second housing are configured to engage one another when in a closed configuration and to define an interior space when in the closed configuration. At least one aperture and/or notch is defined within at least one of the first housing and the second housing. The at least one aperture and/or notch is sized and shaped to allow at least part of a catheter to be positioned therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Nicholas B. Davis
  • Patent number: 8858493
    Abstract: A cap, especially a disinfectant cap, is for protecting and/or closing off the abdominal connector used in peritoneal dialysis, and to a detection device for peritoneal dialysis. There is a bag set for peritoneal dialysis and use thereof. In view of the sometimes serious consequences of an incorrect sequence of fluids in the patient's abdominal cavity, it is desirable to prevent an incorrect sequence of fluids during peritoneal dialysis. This is achieved by providing the cap, especially a disinfectant cap, with information about the medium contained at any one time in the patient's abdominal cavity. In this way it is always possible—even after the fluid has been dispensed into the abdominal cavity and the bag disposed of—to determine which medium is currently in the patient's abdominal cavity and/or to record other details, such as the amount, the concentration, the manufacturer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Biesel
  • Patent number: 8858531
    Abstract: This connection assembly includes a tip defining a longitudinal axis and including a mounting area for mounting an adaptor thereon, and the adaptor including a mounting portion of thermoplastic material, forming a radial surface, which define a mounting opening for mounting the adaptor onto the tip. The mounting area includes at least one first portion having an outer surface which is located at a first distance from the longitudinal axis (A) and at least one second portion, adjacent to the first portion, having an outer surface which is located at a second distance from the longitudinal axis, the second distance being different from the first distance, the radial surface being located after assembly of the adaptor over the first portion and the second portion; The mounting opening and the at least one first portion and second portion are so dimensioned such that the radial surface of the mounting portion is in close contact with the outer surfaces of both the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventor: Olivier Alvain
  • Patent number: 8858532
    Abstract: A medical connector structure configured in such a manner that a first member body which constitutes a connector base and a second member body which consists of a different material from the first member body are formed by two-color injection molding. The first member body is a tube body which has a connector-side section having a structure connected to a mating section, and also has a tube-side section having on the surface thereof projections and recesses. The second member body is a tube body which allows a raw material to be filled into the portion in which the projections and recesses are provided and into which a raw material is filled so as to allow a tube body to be inserted. The tube-side section and the tube body are adhered together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsunematsu, Yuma Hayashi, Takehiko Yuki
  • Publication number: 20140303601
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Bruce Hubrecht, Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez
  • Publication number: 20140303570
    Abstract: Described is a needle hub comprising a proximal end adapted to engage a medicament delivery device, a distal end having an opening, a shoulder disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, and a needle assembly engagement mechanism (F1) coupled to the shoulder and adapted to releasably engage a needle assembly. The needle assembly engagement mechanism (F1) includes two or more resilient arms adapted to releasably engage a retainer element on the needle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Verena Hofmann, Uwe Dasbach, Peter Nober, Leo Zeimetz, Thorsten Mutter
  • Publication number: 20140303602
    Abstract: A collapsible valve comprising a first portion with at least one dimple in a side thereof, and a second portion, the second portion being narrower than the first portion and arranged along an axial dimension of the first portion, the second portion including a cut therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: George M. MANSOUR, James BENNETT
  • Patent number: 8852168
    Abstract: A catheter connection system and a method of connecting the catheter connection system to a catheter. The catheter connection system includes a hub assembly and a collar. The hub assembly includes a cannula extending from a distal end thereof, and a collet defining an inner surface spaced apart from the cannula to permit passage of a catheter wall between the body and the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Barron, Jeffrey D. Bright
  • Patent number: 8852167
    Abstract: A medical connector includes a body defining a lumen for fluid flow through the medical connector. The medical connector includes a luer member and an annular member disposed about the luer member. The annular member includes internal and/or external engagement structures. The medical connector may be provided on the outlet of a syringe or on a catheter. A fluid path is disclosed including a first section and a second section. The first and second sections may each include a medical connector to provide a removable connection with a syringe and a catheter, respectively. The medical connector may provide a removable connection between the first and second sections. A fluid delivery system is disclosed including an injector, a syringe operatively associated with the injector, and a fluid path connecting the syringe and a source of injection. The medical connector may provide a removable connection between the syringe and fluid path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Medical Care Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick W. Trombley, III, Kevin P. Cowan, Kraig McEwen, Joseph B. Havrilla