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US 12,680,639 B2Granted
Genderless aseptic connector
AssigneeWilMarc Holdings, LLC
InventorsPaul C. Ciccone, William A. Coulson, Marcia Coulson
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Abstract
A connector system including a plurality of connectors having substantially identical structure each defining a pair of fluid conduits wherein a first one of the pair of fluid conduits terminating in a male fitting and a second one of said pair fluid conduits terminating in a female fitting wherein the male fitting and the female fitting of a pair of connectors mate in a fluid transmission connection.
Claims18
A connector system, comprising:
- a plurality of connectors, each including:
- a valve assembly including a bifurcate body having only one inlet conduit which bifurcates into a pair of fluid conduits,
- wherein one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a male fitting;
- wherein one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a female fitting, and
- wherein said male fitting and said female fitting of one of said plurality of connectors and said male fitting and said female fitting of another one of said plurality of connectors configured to directly mate with each other in a fluid transmission connection.
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A connector, comprising:
- a first connector housing including a valve assembly defining a pair of fluid conduits, one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a male fitting and one of said pair fluid conduits terminating in a female fitting;
- a second connector housing having telescoping engagement to said first connector housing between an extended condition and a retracted condition, said second connector housing including an end piece having a pair of apertures aligned with said male fitting and said female fitting, said male fitting and said female fitting configured to correspondingly pass through said pair of apertures of said second connector housing in said retracted condition of said second housing;
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- a locking disk having a pair of apertures, said locking disk rotatably coupled to said end piece of said second housing between a nonaligned condition covering said pair of apertures in said second connector housing and an aligned condition aligning said pair of apertures in said locking disk with said pair of apertures in said end piece of said second connector housing, said male fitting and said female fitting configured to correspondingly pass through said pair of apertures in said second connector housing and in said locking disk in said aligned condition of said locking disk and in said retracted condition of said second housing.
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A connector system, comprising:
- a plurality of connectors each having a substantially identical connector structure,
- wherein said plurality of connectors each having said substantially identical connector structure, including:
- a connector housing defining a pair of fluid conduits,
- a first one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a male fitting,
- a second one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a female fitting, including:
- a female fitting tubular body including a female fitting valve seat;
- a female fitting valve body including a female fitting valve seal telescopingly engaged inside said female tubular body,
- said female fitting valve body telescopingly moves to engage said female fitting valve seal to said female fitting valve seat in a closed condition of said female fitting,
- said female fitting valve body telescopingly moves to disengage said female fitting valve seal from said female fitting valve seat in an open condition of said female fitting;
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- a female fitting biasing member engaging said female fitting tubular body and said female fitting valve body to afford a biasing force toward said closed condition of said female fitting,
- whereby any pair of said plurality of connectors includes a male fitting of a first one of said pair which mates in fluid transmission with a female fitting of said second one of said pair of plurality of connectors and a male fitting of said second one of said pair of connectors mates in fluid transmission with a female fitting of said first one of said plurality of connectors.
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A connector, comprising:
- a first connector housing having only one fluid inlet conduit;
- and
- a valve assembly in fluid communication with said only one fluid inlet of said first connector housing,
- said valve assembly defining a pair of fluid conduits,
- wherein one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a male fitting, said male fitting including:
- a male fitting first tubular body having a first tubular body internal surface and having a first tubular body external surface;
- a male fitting second tubular body having a second tubular body internal surface and a second tubular body external surface,
- said first tubular body internal surface defining said first one of said pair of fluid conduits,
- said second tubular body internal surface having biased telescoping engagement to said first tubular body external surface,
- a male fitting valve body having a male fitting valve seal, said male fitting valve body supported by said first tubular body a distance from a first tubular body open end;
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- a male fitting valve seat coupled to said second tubular body internal surface,
- said biased telescoping engagement generates a biasing force to move said male fitting valve seat to engage said male fitting valve seal in a closed condition of said male fitting,
- wherein one of said pair of fluid conduits terminating in a female fitting,
- wherein said male fitting and said female fitting configured to mate in a fluid transmission connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.