Adapters for use with an anesthetic vaporizer
AssigneesBaxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
InventorsSimon Freed, Michael R. Prisco, Eric Hyman, Raymond D. Clark, Alan W. Marttila, John DePiano, Richard P. Meyst, Timothy B. Meluch, David Chesley, Roy T. Henderson
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Abstract
Adapters are provided for establishing fluid communication between an anesthetic agent container and an anesthetic vaporizer having a fluid port. The adapter may be mountable on the vaporizer to cooperate with the spout of an anesthetic agent container or may be mountable on an anesthetic agent container to cooperate with the fluid port of an anesthetic vaporizer to provide a sealing and/or retaining relationship therebetween.
Claims7
An adapter for establishing fluid communication between an anesthetic agent container and an anesthetic vaporizer having a fluid port and a vaporizer valve assembly with a central pin, the adapter comprising:
- a base mountable to the anesthetic agent container;
- a generally tubular spout extending away from the base;
- an adapter valve assembly for controlling fluid flow through the spout, the adapter valve assembly comprising a moveable tubular section having an inner flowpath;
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- a retainer associated with the adapter valve assembly and adapted for engagement with a central pin of an anesthetic vaporizer when at least a portion of the spout is inserted into the fluid port,
- the retainer comprising an annular gasket disposed in the inner flowpath of the tubular section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.