US 2022/0054818 A1 · MALE LUER WITH FLUID PATH AND VENT PATH SEALS

Abstract

A needleless connector includes a body having a fluid path, a vent path, and a male fitting. The needleless connector also includes a valve disposed within the male fitting. The valve is configured to move between a first configuration, in which the fluid path is blocked, and a second configuration, in which the fluid path is open. The needleless connector further includes a seal disposed around the valve. The seal is configured to separate the fluid path from the vent path in the first and second configurations. Moving the valve from the first configuration to the second configuration also opens the vent path. The seal maintains the separation between the fluid path and the vent path when the valve moves from the first configuration to the second configuration.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A needleless connector comprising:

a body having a male fitting;
a valve disposed within the body, the body and the valve defining a vent path and a fluid path;
a sealing tip disposed over a portion of the valve;
and
a sliding seal disposed over a portion of the male fitting,
wherein the sealing tip and the sliding seal are configured to one of:
open the vent path before opening the fluid path as the valve moves from a first valve position to a second valve position;
and
open the fluid path before opening the vent path as the valve moves from the first valve position to the second valve position.

6 more elements

A needleless connector set, comprising:

a male connector comprising:
a first body having a male fitting;
a valve disposed within the first body, the first body and the valve defining a vent path and a fluid path;
a sealing tip disposed over a portion of the valve;
and
a sliding seal disposed over a portion of the male fitting, wherein the sealing tip and the sliding seal are configured to one of:
open the vent path before opening the fluid path as the valve moves from a first valve position to a second valve position;
and
open the fluid path before opening the vent path as the valve moves from the first valve position to the second valve position;
and
a female connector comprising:
a second body;
and
a collapsible valve disposed within the second body,
wherein the valve is in the first valve position when the male connector and the female connector are not mated and in the second valve position when the male connector and the female connector are mated.

12 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/520,397Filed 5 Nov 2021

Priority

12 Mar 2013

Published

24 Feb 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61M 39/26
Valves or arrangement of valves: valves closing automatically on disconnecting the line and opening on reconnection thereof
A61M 39/10
Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use: tube connectors or tube couplings
A61M 39/22
Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use: valves or arrangement of valves
A61M 2039/266
Valves closing automatically on disconnecting the line and opening on reconnection thereof: where the valve comprises venting channels, e.g. to…

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