Access assembly with a pierceable sealing member
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsFalk Borsutzki, Manfred Weber, Ulrich Bruggemann Fricke
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an access assembly to provide access to the interior of a vessel and comprising: a base to extend through a sidewall of the vessel and having a tubular sealing portion providing a passageway axially extending therethrough, a pierceable sealing member arranged across the sealing portion to obstruct the passageway, at least one closure member axially displaceable relative to the base between a sealing position, in which the closure member completely obstructs and seals the passageway, and a leakage position, in which the closure member leakily obstructs the passageway.
Claims14
An access assembly to provide access to the interior of a vessel or a fluid guide comprising:
- a base extending through a sidewall of the vessel and having a first tubular sealing portion defining a passageway axially extending therethrough,
- a pierceable sealing member arranged across the first tubular sealing portion to obstruct the passageway,
- at least one closure member axially displaceable relative to the base between
- a sealing position, in which the closure member completely obstructs and seals the passageway, and
- a leakage position, in which the closure member leakily obstructs the passageway and in which leakage position the closure member is securely fastened in the passageway,
- an insert axially slidingly displaceable in the base between a sealing position, a leakage position, and a release position, wherein the insert comprises a second tubular sealing portion,
- a proximal closure member sealingly engaging with the second tubular sealing portion, and
- a distal closure member sealingly engaging with the first tubular sealing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.