A61M 39/143
Both tube ends being sealed by meltable membranes pierced after connection by
Official title: {both tube ends being sealed by meltable membranes pierced after connection by use of heat, e.g. using radiant energy}
A61M39/143 (Both tube ends being sealed by meltable membranes pierced after connection by) appears on 31 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 31
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 53
- Latest grant
- 17 Oct 2023
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Medical connector17 Oct 2023US 11,786,715 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for mechanically opening a connection site10 May 2022US 11,325,321 B2Fenwal, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for mechanically opening a connection site16 Feb 2021US 10,919,235 B2Fenwal, Inc.
- Medical connector3 Sep 2019US 10,398,887 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Fluid flow conduits and apparatus and methods for making and joining fluid conduits4 Jun 2019US 10,307,582 B2Fenwal, Inc.
- Catheter-Disinfecting System and Methods Thereof10 Oct 2024US 2024/0335636 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Medical connector25 Jan 2024US 2024/0024652 A1ICU Medical, Inc.
- Connection system and active sterilizer for a drug delivery device15 Sep 2022US 2022/0288248 A1West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for mechanically opening a connection site13 May 2021US 2021/0138739 A1Fenwal, Inc.
- Medical connector9 Jul 2020US 2020/0215319 A1ICU Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical connector186US 7,998,134 B2ICU Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Method for making sterile connections106US 3,968,195 A1976
- Method of forming a connection between two sealed conduits using radiant energy98US 4,157,723 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1979
- Connector member for sealed conduits80US 4,265,280 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1981
- Sterile docking process, apparatus and system77US 4,412,835 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1983