# US 10,309,556 B2 · Sterile port connection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,556 B2 - Document ID: US10309556B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/085,549 - Filed: 2016-03-30 - Published: 2016-10-20 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-17 - Assignees: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation - Applicants: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation - Inventors: Michael R. Huschke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309556B2 ## CPC - F16L 5/00: Devices for use where pipes, cables or protective tubing pass through walls or partitions (installations of electric cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings H02G3/22) - A61M 39/12: for joining a flexible tube to a rigid attachment - A61M 39/16: having provision for disinfection or sterilisation {(A61M39/143 takes precedence)} - A61M 39/18: Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking - A61M 2039/087: {Tools for handling tubes, e.g. crimping tool for connecting tubes to a connector} - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to connection assemblies providing a connection between a tubing and a port. The port can be disposed within and particularly extending through a bore of the port. The port and tube are coupled to provide an aseptic connection. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly comprising: a. a port comprising a bore defining a passageway, and one or more engagement elements disposed about an outer periphery of the port; b. a tube disposed through the bore; and c. an overmolded element coupling the tube to the port; d. wherein the bore is non-fluid facing, wherein the one or more engagement elements comprises a barb. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the port further includes one or more engagement elements disposed about an outer periphery of the port; the tube is composed of a silicone based material; and the overmolded element is composed of a silicone based material; and wherein the assembly further comprises a retention element disposed about and retaining the overmolded element about the port. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The assembly of claim 2, wherein the compressive element applies a compressive force to squeeze the overmolded element or second tube about at least one of the one or more engagement elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the port further includes one or more engagement elements disposed about an outer periphery of the port; the tube is composed of a thermoplastic based material; and the overmolded element is composed of a thermoplastic based material; wherein the overmolded element is covalently bonded to the tube. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the port is composed of a thermoplastic based material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the port is composed of a polypropylene (PP) based material, a polyethylene based material, a fluoropolymer based material, a polyamide based material, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the overmolded element is composed of a thermoplastic based material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the overmolded element is composed of a silicone based material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the overmolded element is composed of a polypropylene based material, a polyvinyl based material, a thermoplastic elastomeric based material, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the tube is composed of a thermoplastic based material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the tube is composed of a silicone based material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the outside diameter of the tube is generally the same as or less than the inner diameter of the bore. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the assembly further comprises a fitting disposed on the end of the tube. ### Claim 14 An assembly comprising: a. a port comprising a bore defining a passageway, and one or more engagement elements disposed about an outer periphery of the port; b. a first tube disposed through the bore; and c. a second tube disposed over the first tube and disposed over the port; d. an overmolded element coupling the first tube to the second tube; and e. a compressive element disposed over the second tube and the port, wherein the one or more engagement elements comprises a barb. ### Claim 15 An assembly comprising: a. a vessel having an interior cavity; b. a port having a bore defining a passageway into the interior cavity of the vessel, and one or more engagement elements disposed about an outer periphery of the port; and c. a tube; d. wherein the tube is coupled to the port; e. wherein the tube extends into the inner cavity of the vessel; and f. wherein the port is non-fluid facing, wherein the one or more engagement elements comprises a barb, wherein the vessel comprises a flexible bag. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The assembly of claim 15, wherein the vessel comprises at least one flexible wall. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The assembly of claim 15, wherein the vessel comprises an isolation bag.