Pipe connector apparatus

A pipe-connector assembly system for exhausting a medical waste gas from a treatment room within a building, the system comprising:

• a plumping trap having a first trap end and a second trap end, wherein the first trap end is connected with a washbasin disposed within the treatment room;
• a pipe connector assembly including:
• a main pipe member extending between a first member end and a second member end, the first member end connected with the second trap end;
• a valve housing including a proximal end, a distal end, and a one-way valve residing within the valve housing and disposed between the proximal end and the distal end of the valve housing, wherein the proximal end is connected with the main pipe member and the distal end is connected with a medical gas scavenger device;
• the one-way valve including a flexible portion configured to be translatable between an open configuration to permit the flow of the medical waste gas through the valve housing and a closed configuration configured to prevent the flow of the medical waste gas through the valve housing, wherein the flexible portion is biased toward the closed configuration;
• and
• a drainpipe having a first end connected with the second member end of the pipe connector assembly and a second end connected with a waste collection system of the building,
• wherein the medical waste gas flows from the medical gas scavenger device through the pipe connector assembly and into the waste collection system of the building, such that the medical waste gas is safely evacuated from the treatment room.

A method of exhausting a medical waste gas scavenged by a medical gas scavenging device from a treatment room in a building, the method comprising:

• coupling a second trap end of a plumbing trap to a first member end of a pipe connector, the plumbing trap having a first trap end opposite the second trap end, the first trap end coupled to a washbasin, the pipe connector including:
• a second member end opposite the first member end and a main pipe member extending therebetween;
• and
• a valve housing including a proximal end opposite a distal end, and a valve residing within the valve housing and disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, the valve housing extending orthogonally away from the main pipe member between the first member end and the second member end;
• coupling the second member end of the pipe connector to a drainpipe, the drainpipe fluidically coupled with a waste collection system of the building;
• coupling an exhaust hose fluidically coupled with the medical gas scavenging device to the distal end of the valve housing;
• transferring, via the exhaust hose, an amount of the medical waste gas emitted by the medical gas scavenging device into the pipe connector;
• and
• exhausting, via the drainpipe, the amount of the medical waste gas into the waste collection system of the building.