Unions for joining fluid conduits
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Fmt SAS
InventorsMichael A. Zumbrum, William Kimmick
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Abstract
A union for connecting a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit includes a body. The body defines a central passage about a central longitudinal axis of the body with the body having a first side and a second side. The body is configured to define a first adhesive channel between a first fluid conduit and the first side of the body and to define a second adhesive channel between a second fluid conduit and the second side of the body. The body defining an injection port position at a midpoint of the body. The injection port in fluid communication with the first adhesive channel and the second adhesive channel and is configured to deliver adhesive into the first adhesive channel and the second adhesive channel.
Claims16
An assembly comprising:
- a first fluid conduit;
- a second fluid conduit;
- a union aseptically connecting the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit, the union including a body defining a central passage about a central longitudinal axis of the body, the body having a first side and a second side, the first side securing the first fluid conduit to the body, the second side securing the second fluid conduit to the body, the body defining a first adhesive channel between the first fluid conduit and the first side of the body and a second adhesive channel between the second fluid conduit and the second side of the body, the body defining an injection port positioned at a midpoint of the body, the injection port in fluid communication with the first adhesive channel and the second adhesive channel, the injection port configured to deliver adhesive into the first adhesive channel and the second adhesive channel with the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit disposed about the first side and the second side, respectively;
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- an adhesive disposed between the body of the union and the first fluid conduit and disposed between the body of the union and the second fluid conduit to secure the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit to the union such that the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit are in fluid communication with one another.
A method of joining two fluid conduits in an aseptic manner, the method comprising:
- positioning a first fluid conduit over a first side of a body of a union;
- positioning a second fluid conduit over a second side of the body such that a lumen of the first fluid conduit is in fluid communication with a lumen of the second fluid conduit;
- injecting an adhesive through an injection port defined in the body such that the adhesive flows into a first adhesive channel defined between the body and the first fluid conduit and a second adhesive channel defined between the body and the second fluid conduit;
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- curing the adhesive such that the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit are bonded to the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.