High flow manifold

US11458241B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zimmer, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Larry C. Smith · Shawnee, US
• David J. Boles · Barberton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/753
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Implementations described herein include a system for guiding medical waste fluid into a medical waste collection canister. The system includes a manifold and a filter. The manifold includes a top surface and a sidewall extending from the top surface in a first direction. The top surface and the sidewall define an interior chamber of the manifold. The top surface includes an inlet port and a vacuum port disposed therein. The inlet port connects to a source of medical waste fluid and the vacuum port connects to a vacuum source. The manifold can be formed from a first polymer. A filter is positioned within the interior chamber of the manifold and immediately upstream of the vacuum port so as to filter air flowing into the vacuum port. The filter extends away from the top surface of the manifold in the first direction and the filter is formed from a second polymer. The filter is fused to a surface of the interior chamber of the manifold or to a peripheral surface of the vacuum port so as to form a fused interface, and not merely a press fit connection.