Patient ventilating and aspirating system
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
InventorsPeter Kenneth Graham, Deshitha Airawana Edirisuriya, Dwayne John Scollay
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Abstract
A patient ventilating (23) and aspirating system (8) is disclosed that has a suction tube (9) and connector (6) for connecting to a catheter mount that has a sealed passageway (15). The catheter mount passageway (15) is sealed with an elastomeric seal (16) including a perforation or slit (17). A connector (12) with a piercing member is associated with the suction tube (9). When the connector is attached to the catheter mount the piercing member (20) pierces the seal (16) such that the suction tube (9) can pass through the connector (6) and catheter mount.
Claims14
A catheter tube connector for a suction system, said catheter tube connector comprising:
- an outer cup-shaped fitting;
- an inner cup-shaped fitting nested within said outer cup-shaped fitting;
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- a piercing member nested within said inner cup-shaped fitting and integrally formed with said outer cup-shaped fitting, said piercing member adapted to pierce a seal;
- a rim of said outer cup-shaped fitting extending beyond a rim of said inner cup-shaped fitting;
- said piercing member extending beyond said rim of said outer cup-shaped fitting;
- a first end of said catheter tube connector being adapted to be in communication with a suction system;
- a second end of said catheter tube connector being adapted to be releasably connected to a catheter mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.