Detachable And Freely Rotating Hemostasis Valve
AssigneeTerumo Medical Corporation
InventorsLinda E. Trask, Spencer K.C. Popejoy
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a valve hub comprising a hemostasis valve enclosed within a housing, the housing having an upper portion and a lower portion and an access port aligned with the vertical axis of the hemostasis valve; wherein the lower portion of valve hub is engaged within a connector such as a luer fitting, such that the valve hub rotates freely about its vertical axis. The present invention is also directed to medical devices comprising such valves hubs and catheters, as well as methods for assembling such devices and performing medical procedures using such devices.
Claims15
A valve hub comprising:
- (a) a static hemostasis valve having a vertical axis and an access port aligned with the vertical axis;
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- (b) a housing enclosing the static hemostasis valve, the housing including an upper portion and a lower portion;
- wherein the lower portion of the valve hub is engaged within the interior of a connector such that the hemostasis valve rotates freely about its vertical axis.
A medical device comprising:
- (a) a catheter having an elongated body;
- (b) a connector having a top end and a bottom end;
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- (c) a freely rotating valve hub;
- wherein the catheter is connected to the connector through the connector's bottom end;
- and the freely rotating valve hub is connected to the connector though the connector's top end.
A method of assembling a medical device, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) attaching an end of a catheter to a bottom end of a connector;
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- (b) inserting a lower portion of a valve hub into a top end of the connector;
- wherein the valve hub rotates fully about its vertical axis after step (b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.