Needle free connector with a collapsible resilient membrane fitting and corresponding method
AssigneeB. Braun Melsungen AG
InventorsOlivier Bonnal, Juergen Fuchs
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Abstract
A needle free connector for fluid passage having a valve body with a first port; a second port; a hollow resilient membrane disposed in the valve body and having: a first end and a second end is disclosed. A flank is provided and extends between the first end and the second end fitting with the internal surface of the valve body. A slit of the first end is closed when the first end is disposed in the first port or opened when the first end is pushed into the valve body. The disclosure also proposes a drug recipient including a bottle or a bag designed to store drug and the needle free connector. The disclosure offers a needle free connector with a slitted resilient membrane having reduced priming volume.
Claims15
A needle free connector or fluid passage, comprising:
- a valve body comprising:
- a first port;
- a second port;
- and
- an internal surface that extends between the first port and the second port and defining a valve body cavity;
- a hollow resilient membrane disposed in the valve body and having:
- a first end and a second end between which the resilient membrane longitudinally extends, the second end having a through hole that opens into the second port;
- a flank extending between the first end and the second end and located in the valve body cavity of the valve body and fitting with the internal surface, the flank defining an internal cavity of the hollow resilient membrane, the internal cavity extending longitudinally from a through slit located at the first end to the through hole of the second end;
- the slit of the first end being:
- closed when the first end is disposed in the first port so as to occlude the first port or
- opened when the first end is pushed into the valve body so as to create a fluid passage through the first end and the cavity up to the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.