Pipe connector apparatus
AssigneeSedation Systems, LLC
InventorRamses S. Nashed
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Abstract
A connector apparatus featuring a main pipe with first and second opposed ends. Each has a corresponding male-threaded fastening section for mating with the complimentary female-threaded fastening section on a respective conventional pipe-locking ring or collar. A valve-housing for supporting a one-way flow valve assembly interiorly, and a riser mounted on and supported by the valve housing for ultimate connection to the output or exhaust nozzle of a medical scavenger device.
Claims27
A pipe-connector assembly system for exhausting a waste gas from a building, the system comprising:
- a pipe connector apparatus including a main pipe member extending between a first member end and a second member end;
- an exhaust hose, the exhaust hose including:
- a first end fluidically coupled to a gas scavenger device, wherein the gas scavenger device is configured to capture exhaust gas resulting from operation of a nitrous oxide mixing analgesia system;
- a second end fluidically coupled to the pipe connector apparatus;
- a drainpipe having a first end coupled to the second member end of the pipe connector apparatus and a second end coupled to a waste collection system of the building;
- wherein the waste gas flows from the exhaust hose through the pipe connector apparatus and into the waste collection system of the building, such that the waste gas is safely evacuated from the building.
A pipe-connector assembly system for exhausting a medical waste gas from a building, the system comprising:
- a plumbing trap having a first trap end and a second trap end, wherein the first trap end is connected to a washbasin disposed within an interior environment of the building;
- a pipe connector apparatus including a main pipe member extending between a first member end and a second member end, the first member end coupled to the plumbing trap;
- a medical gas scavenger device fluidically coupled to the pipe connector apparatus, the medical gas scavenger device configured to capture an amount of the medical waste gas resulting from operation of a nitrous oxide mixing analgesia system;
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- a drainpipe having a first end coupled to the second member end of the pipe connector apparatus and a second end coupled to a waste collection system of the building;
- wherein the amount of the medical waste gas flows from the medical gas scavenger device through the pipe connector apparatus and into the waste collection system of the building, such that the amount of the medical waste gas is safely evacuated from the interior environment of the building.
A method of exhausting a medical waste gas scavenged by a medical gas scavenging device from a room in a building, the method comprising:
- coupling a second member end of a pipe connector apparatus to a drainpipe, the drainpipe fluidically coupled to a waste collection system of the building, the pipe connector apparatus including a first member end opposite the second member end and a main pipe member extending between the first member end and the second member end;
- coupling an exhaust hose to the medical gas scavenging device and to the pipe connector apparatus;
- operating a nitrous oxide mixing analgesia system;
- collecting, via the medical gas scavenging device, an amount of the medical waste gas resulting from the operation of the nitrous oxide mixing analgesia system;
- transferring, via the exhaust hose, the amount of the medical waste gas into the pipe connector apparatus;
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- exhausting, via the drainpipe, the amount of the medical waste gas into the waste collection system of the building.
A method of exhausting a medical waste gas scavenged by a medical gas scavenging device from a room in a building, the method comprising:
- coupling a scavenger-to-drainpipe connector to a drainpipe, wherein the drainpipe is fluidically coupled to a waste collection system of the building;
- establishing a fluidic channel between the medical gas scavenging device and the scavenger-to-drainpipe connector, wherein the fluidic channel is at least partially established by an exhaust hose;
- operating a nitrous oxide mixing analgesia system;
- collecting, via the medical gas scavenging device, an amount of the medical waste gas resulting from the operation of the nitrous oxide mixing analgesia system;
- transferring, via the fluidic channel, the amount of the medical waste gas into the drainpipe;
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- exhausting, via the drainpipe, the amount of the medical waste gas into the waste collection system of the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.