Needleless connector with folding valve
OwnerJonathan YEH, Christopher J. ZOLLINGER +2inventors
InventorsJonathan YEH, Christopher J. ZOLLINGER, Matthew QUACH, George Michel MANSOUR
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Abstract
A needleless connector has a body having an internal cavity with a sealing ridge, a port, an output flow channel, and a fluid flow path between the port and output flow channel. The connector also has a collapsible valve disposed within the cavity. The valve includes a cylindrical wall having a center axis and a shoulder and defining an internal air space, wherein the shoulder is configured to sealingly contact the ridge of the body so as to block the fluid flow path, and a head fixedly attached to the wall, the head having first and second smiley cuts disposed on opposite sides of the head.
Claims18
A needleless connector comprising:
- a body having an internal cavity with a sealing ridge, a port, an output flow channel, and a fluid flow path between the port and output flow channel;
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- a collapsible valve disposed within the cavity, the valve comprising:
- a cylindrical wall having a center axis and a shoulder and defining an internal air space, wherein the shoulder is configured to sealingly contact the ridge of the body so as to block the fluid flow path;
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- a head fixedly attached to the wall, the head having first and second smiley cuts disposed on opposite sides of the head.
A collapsible valve comprising:
- a cylindrical wall having a center axis and defining an internal air space;
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- a head fixedly attached to the wall, the head having first and second smiley cuts disposed on opposite sides of the head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.