# US 10,391,234 B2 · Tubing assemby > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,391,234 B2 - Document ID: US10391234B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/317,236 - Filed: 2015-06-08 - Published: 2017-04-27 - Granted: 2019-08-27 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-09 - Assignees: Bayer HealthCare LLC - Applicants: Bayer Healthcare LLC - Inventors: Stephen Sams; Arron Carmo Do Rosario Rodrigues - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10391234B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/007: {for contrast media} - A61M 5/14546: {Front-loading type injectors} - A61M 39/00: Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use (for respiratory devices, e.g. tracheal tubes, A61M16/00; artificial heart valves A61F2/24) - A61M 39/08: Tubes; Storage means specially adapted therefor - A61M 39/1011: {Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties (A61M39/16 takes precedence)} - A61M 39/24: Check- or non-return valves - A61M 39/229: {Single-way cut-off valves} - A61M 39/28: Clamping means for squeezing flexible tubes, e.g. roller clamps {(tube strippers A61M1/83)} - A61M 39/288: {by bending or twisting the tube} - A61M 2039/0009: {Assemblies therefor designed for particular applications, e.g. contrast or saline injection, suction or irrigation} - A61M 2039/0027: {for mixing several substances from different containers} - A61M 2039/244: {Hinged closure member, e.g. flap valve} - 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 A tubing assembly for use with a fluid delivery system has a first fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end for connecting to a first fluid source, and a second fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end for connecting to a second fluid source. The tubing assembly further has a third fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end, and a connector assembly for connecting the distal end of the first fluid line and the distal end of the second fluid line to the proximal end of the third fluid line. A tubing holder receives at least a portion of the third fluid line. The tubing holder has a first portion and a second portion movable relative to the first portion to selectively block fluid flow through the third fluid line. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tubing assembly for use with a fluid delivery system, the tubing assembly comprising: a first fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end for connecting to a first fluid source; a second fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end for connecting to a second fluid source; a third fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end; a connector assembly for connecting the distal end of the first fluid line and the distal end of the second fluid line to the proximal end of the third fluid line; and a tubing holder for receiving at least a portion of the third fluid line, the tubing holder having a first portion and a second portion the tubing holder further comprising a first connector having a first filling port and a second connector having a second filling port, wherein the proximal end of the first fluid line is fluidly connected to the first connector and the proximal end of the second fluid line is fluidly connected to the second connector; wherein the first portion of the tubing holder is connected to the second portion of the tubing holder by a hinge such that the second portion is movable relative to the first portion between a first, open position and a second, closed position; wherein, when the tubing holder is in the second, closed position, the at least the portion of the third fluid line is pinched or folded by the first portion and the second portion to block the fluid flow through the third fluid line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism to reversibly lock the first portion and the second portion of the tubing holder in the second, closed position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein the hinge is a living hinge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the tubing holder has a recessed cavity for receiving the at least the portion of the third fluid line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein the distal end of the third fluid line has a connector port for connecting to a patient fluid path set. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the distal end of the first fluid line and the distal end of the second fluid line is releasably coupled with the connector assembly. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the distal end of the first fluid line and the distal end of the second fluid line is non-releasably coupled with the connector assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first filling port and the second filling port has a one-way valve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, further comprising a fourth fluid line in fluid communication with the first filling port, and a fifth fluid line in fluid communication with the second filling port. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The tubing assembly of claim 9, wherein the hinge comprises a first hinge portion and a second hinge portion, wherein the second portion of the tubing holder has a first section connected to the first portion of the tubing holder by a first hinge portion and a second section connected to the first portion of the tubing holder by a second hinge portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The tubing assembly of claim 10, wherein the first section and the second section are independently movable between a first, open position and a second, closed position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The tubing assembly of claim 11, wherein, in the second, closed position of the first section of the second portion of the tubing holder, the at least the portion of the third fluid line is pinched or folded by the first section of the second portion and the first portion of the tubing holder to block the fluid flow through the third fluid line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The tubing assembly of claim 11, wherein, in the second, closed position of the second section of the second portion of the tubing holder, at least a portion of at least one of the fourth fluid line and the fifth fluid line is pinched or folded by the second section of the second portion and the first portion of the tubing holder to block fluid flow through the at least one of the fourth fluid line and the fifth fluid line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The tubing assembly of claim 1, wherein the first connector and the second connector of the tubing holder are configured for connecting the tubing holder to an outlet of a first syringe and an outlet of a second syringe, respectively. ### Claim 15 A tubing assembly for use with a fluid delivery system, the tubing assembly comprising: a first fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end; a first connector with a first filling port connected to the proximal end of the first fluid line; a second fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end; a second connector with a second filling port connected to the proximal end of the second fluid line; a third fluid line having a distal end and a proximal end; a connector assembly for connecting the distal end of the first fluid line and the distal end of the second fluid line to the proximal end of the third fluid line; and a tubing holder for receiving at least a portion of the third fluid line, the tubing holder having a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion by a hinge such that the second portion is movable relative to the first portion between a first, open position and a second, closed position, the tubing holder further comprising the first connector with the first filling port and the second connector with the second filling port wherein the proximal end of the first fluid line is fluidly connected to the first connector and the proximal end of the second fluid line is fluidly connected to the second connector; wherein, in the first, open position, the third fluid line is unobstructed to allow fluid flow through the third fluid line and the first filling port and the second filling port are closed to prevent fluid flow through the first filling port and the second filling port, and wherein, in the second, closed position, the at least the portion of the third fluid line is obstructed to block fluid flow through the third fluid line. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The tubing assembly of claim 15, wherein the distal end of the third fluid line has a connector port for connecting to a patient fluid path set. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The tubing assembly of claim 15, further comprising a locking mechanism to reversibly lock the first portion and the second portion of the tubing holder in the second, closed position.