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US 8,298,196 B1Granted
Needleless access connector and method of use
OwnerGeorge M. Mansourinventor
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Abstract
A positive-displacement needleless access connector includes a housing with a female luer fitting, a base with a male luer fitting, and a valve element with a proximal end that creates a seal in the housing, a septum, and a distal end that fastens to the base to vent the septum; the base and the valve element coupling to each other to create an assembly that has a greatest outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the housing.
Claims4
A positive-displacement needleless access connector comprising:
- a housing with a female luer fitting;
- a base with a male luer fitting;
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- a valve element with a proximal end that creates a seal in the housing, a septum, and a distal end that fastens to the base to vent the septum, the base and the valve element coupling to each other to create an assembly that has a greatest outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the housing;
- wherein the base comprises a “Y”-shaped vent path from the septum to a distal end of the base, the “Y”-shaped vent path comprising triangularly shaped branches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.