Title:
NEEDLELESS MEDICAL CONNECTOR WITH EXPANDABLE VALVE MECHANISM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001007102
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A needleless connector (10) for medical use, adapted to facilitate the flow of fluid therethrough, includes a housing (12) having an inlet port (14) and an outlet port (18). The connector (10) also includes a flex-tube assembly (22) defining a fluid path between the inlet port (14) and the outlet port (18). The flex-tube assembly (22) is movable between uncompressed and compressed states. The flex-tube assembly (22) has a first internal volume when in the uncompressed state and a second internal volume, greater than or substantially equal to the first internal volume, when in the compressed state.
Inventors:
LEINSING KARL R
MOSLER THEODORE J
MOSLER THEODORE J
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/020162
Publication Date:
January 17, 2002
Filing Date:
July 25, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ALARIS MEDICAL SYST INC (US)
International Classes:
A61M39/02; A61M39/04; A61M39/10; A61L2/16; A61M39/16; A61M39/22; A61M39/26; (IPC1-7): A61M39/26; A61M39/10; A61M39/16
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998026835A1 | 1998-06-25 | |||
| WO1999024090A1 | 1999-05-20 | |||
| WO1994022522A1 | 1994-10-13 |
Foreign References:
| US5676346A | 1997-10-14 | |||
| US4810241A | 1989-03-07 | |||
| US5195994A | 1993-03-23 |
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