Title:
MEDICAL CONNECTOR WITH CLOSEABLE LUER CONNECTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/071848
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a selectively closable male end portion. Embodiments are configured to open upon connection with a female connector or female tipped medical implement. Some embodiments include an internal cavity configured to change size as the connector moves from the open to closed or closed to open positions. In some embodiments, the connector is configured to draw fluid from the male end toward the other end of the connector as the connector closes.
Inventors:
FANGROW THOMAS F (US)
ANDERSON HAROLD (US)
LOPEZ CHRISTOPHER (US)
ANDERSON HAROLD (US)
LOPEZ CHRISTOPHER (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/068857
Publication Date:
August 12, 2010
Filing Date:
December 18, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ICU MEDICAL INC (US)
FANGROW THOMAS F (US)
ANDERSON HAROLD (US)
LOPEZ CHRISTOPHER (US)
FANGROW THOMAS F (US)
ANDERSON HAROLD (US)
LOPEZ CHRISTOPHER (US)
International Classes:
A61M39/26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DELANEY, Karoline, A. (LLP2040 Main Street,Fourteenth Floo, Irvine CA, US)
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