Corporeal drainage system
AssigneeMerit Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Christensen, Steven M. Smith, Jim C. Beasley, Kelly B. Powers
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Abstract
A catheter connector assembly which may be included with a corporeal drainage system, and a method of draining fluid from a bodily cavity. The catheter connector assembly may include a catheter connector and a drainage line connector. The catheter connector may include a connector body with a coupling feature, a deformable sealing element, and a retaining member. The drainage line connector may include a drainage line body first and second hinge clips, and an actuator. The actuator is designed to deform the deformable sealing element when the drainage line connector is coupled to the catheter connector.
Claims21
1-5. (canceled)
A drainage line connector, comprising:
- a drainage line body having a bore;
- an engagement member comprising an engagement feature configured to engage a coupling feature of a catheter connector;
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- an actuator having a lumen in fluid communication with the drainage line body bore, the actuator configured to deform a deformable sealing element when the drainage line connector is coupled to the catheter connector.
A corporeal drainage line system, comprising:
- a drainage line connector comprising:
- a drainage line body having a bore;
- an engagement member comprising an engagement feature configured to engage a coupling feature of a catheter connector;
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- an actuator having a lumen in fluid communication with the drainage line body bore, the actuator configured to deform a deformable sealing element when the drainage line connector is coupled to the catheter connector;
- a drainage line, the drainage line connector coupled to the drainage line;
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- a fluid receptacle in fluid communication with the drainage line.
A method of using a drainage line connector, comprising:
- coupling the drainage line connector to a drainage catheter connector, comprising moving the drainage line connector over the drainage catheter connector until an engagement feature of the drainage line connector is received into a coupling feature of the drainage catheter connector body;
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- positioning a fluid receptacle below the bodily cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.