US 10,864,362 B2Granted

Breakaway medical tubing connector

AssigneeSite Saver, Inc.

InventorsSpencer A. Jones, Jordan Mykleby, Vance Clement

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Abstract

A breakaway medical tubing connector and method for joining two sections of medical tubing includes a pump side member and a patient side member positioned axially opposite from the pump side member. The patient side member has a first channel disposed within the pump side member and a first valve disposed within the first channel. The pump side member has a second channel disposed within the patient side member and a second valve disposed within the second channel. The first valve may be an active valve and the second valve may be a passive valve. A securing bar may be disposed on the pump side member and a securing arm may be disposed on the patient side member for providing a detachable coupling of the two members.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method of coupling a detachable line connector, comprising:

aligning a first channel of a pump side member of the detachable line connector with a second channel of a patient side member of the detachable line connector, wherein the pump side member comprises a securing bar and wherein the patient side member comprises a securing arm, and wherein the patient side member further comprises a securing arm guard extending from the patient side member and positioned radially outward from the securing arm, wherein the securing arm guard defines a key hole configured to permit access to the securing arm;
deflecting the securing arm of the patient side member radially inward;
advancing the patient side member and the pump side member towards each other until the first channel and the second channel are in fluid communication;
releasing the securing arm, such that the securing arm of the patient side member engages the securing bar of the pump side member;
and
inserting a key into the key hole of the securing arm guard.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/272,559Filed 11 Feb 2019 · division
Priority: 13 Aug 2015
Published: US 2019/0224468 A125 Jul 2019
Granted: 15 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A61M 39/105
Tube connectors or tube couplings: multi-channel connectors or couplings, e.g. for connecting multi-lumen tubes
A61M 5/16813
Active flow controllers: by controlling the degree of opening of the flow line
A61M 39/10
Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use: tube connectors or tube couplings
A61M 39/1011
Tube connectors or tube couplings: locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties

Family

Application62/204,845Us provisional application · filed 13 Aug 2015
Application15/237,607Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Aug 2016
Application15/875,494Parent of this division · filed 19 Jan 2018
US 2019/0224468 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Jul 2019
US 10,655,768 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application15/875,494Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2017/0067586 A1Published application
US 10,864,362 B2This patent

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