Vascular access device chamber venting
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsAustin Jason McKinnon, Christopher N. Cindrich, Mark A. Crawford, Weston F. Harding
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Abstract
A vascular access device within an external environment may include a body and a septum at least partially housed within the body, a gas chamber housed within the body and the septum, and a vent adjacent the body capable of facilitating gas transfer between the gas chamber and the external environment. A method of venting a gas chamber within a medical device includes transferring gas between the gas chamber and an external environment of the device through a vent that is adjacent the body of the device.
Claims12
A medical device, comprising:
- a vascular access device within an external environment, wherein the vascular access device includes a body;
- a septum at least partially housed within the body, the septum having a generally I-shaped cross section including a top portion and a bottom portion, the top and bottom portions being interconnected via a middle portion, the septum having a slit;
- a gas chamber forming a void between the body and the middle portion of the septum;
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- a vent providing fluid communication between the gas chamber and the external environment wherein the vent includes a channel formed within at least a portion of the septum and further comprising a low pressure gas valve adjacent the body.
A method of venting a gas chamber within a medical device, comprising:
- providing a vascular access device in an external environment, wherein the device includes a body, a septum housed within the body, the septum having a generally I-shaped cross section including a top portion and a bottom portion, the top and bottom portions being interconnected via a middle portion, and a gas chamber forming a void between the body and the middle portion of the septum, the septum having a slit;
- providing fluid communication between the gas chamber and the external environment by a vent comprising a low pressure gas valve adjacent the body;
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- transferring a gas between the gas chamber and the external environment via the vent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.