Inflation device connector
AssigneeAccumed Radial Systems, LLC
InventorsJoseph R. Korotko, Ronan
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Abstract
An example connector for a balloon catheter assembly according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other possible things, an inlet branch, a first outlet branch in fluid communication with the inlet branch and configured to be connected to a first balloon, a second outlet branch in fluid communication with the inlet branch and configured to be connected to a second balloon, and a valve integrated the first outlet branch. The valve has a first position and a second position. The valve is configured to limit fluid flow through the valve when in the first position. Another example connector for a balloon catheter assembly and a method of inflating a balloon catheter assembly are also disclosed.
Claims20
A connector for a balloon catheter assembly, comprising:
- an inlet branch;
- a first outlet branch in fluid communication with the inlet branch and configured to be connected to a first balloon;
- a second outlet branch in fluid communication with the inlet branch and configured to be connected to a second balloon;
- a valve integrated into the first outlet branch, the valve having a first position and a second position, wherein the valve is configured to limit fluid flow through the valve when in the first position.
A connector assembly for a balloon catheter, comprising:
- a connector having an inlet branch, a first outlet branch in fluid communication with the inlet branch and configured to be connected to a first balloon, and a second outlet branch in fluid communication with the inlet branch and configured to be connected to a second balloon;
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- a valve in fluid communication with the first outlet branch, the valve having a first position and a second position, wherein the valve is configured to allow fluid flow through the valve when in the first position, the valve including a housing, a knob, and a one-way valve, wherein a passageway is defined between first and second fluid ports, and wherein the knob includes a receivable portion received in the housing and rotatable relative to the housing between the first position and the second position.
A method of inflating a balloon catheter assembly, comprising:
- connecting a first balloon catheter to a first outlet branch of a connector;
- connecting a second balloon catheter to a second outlet branch of the connector;
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- opening a valve to inflate the first balloon catheter with fluid provided to an inlet branch of the connector, the inlet branch in fluid communication with the first outlet branch of the connector, the valve integrated with the first outlet branch of the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.