Luer lock wrench
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Raudabough, Mark St. Marie
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Abstract
A tool for aiding the locking of luer-type locks is disclosed. A luer lock connection device includes a cooperating threaded male luer lock connector and a threaded female luer lock connector each with raised portions on their respective exteriors to aid in the rotating of one of the connectors about the other to lock the two together. The disclosed tool includes a ring which surrounds the connector and a slot on the interior of the ring which engages the raised portion on the connector upon which it is disposed. The tool also includes a wing which the user employs to impart force to rotate the connector upon which the tool is disposed.
Claims14
A tool, comprising:
- a ring with an interior annular surface and an exterior annular surface;
- at least one wing disposed on the exterior annular surface of the ring;
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- more than two discrete slots disposed on the interior annular surface of the ring, each slot extending radially into the interior annular surface and there being a section of interior annular surface between any two adjacent slots.
A wrench for a luer-type lock, comprising:
- a ring with an interior annular surface and an exterior annular surface, the interior annular surface defining an opening with a generally constant cross section extending through the ring;
- two wings disposed on opposite sides of the exterior annular surface of the ring;
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- a plurality of slots disposed on the interior annular surface of the ring, each slot extending radially into the interior annular surface and there being a section of interior annular surface between any two adjacent slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.