Selective attachment device with multiple fluid sources for maintaining positive fluid pressure

US12186488B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Legacy Innovation Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey Travis Dalton · Menlo Park, US
• Kim Reeves · Boise, US
• William Mack Buchanan · Boise, US
• Lance Gordon Matheson · Boise, US
• Jordan Francis Clifford · Boise, US
• Travis Dean · Meridian, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2022
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D16/0672
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There is provided an attachment device for maintaining positive fluid pressure, the attachment device comprising a body having a fluid outlet port and at least two positive pressure fluid inlet ports; wherein each of the at least two positive pressure fluid inlet ports is connectable to a respective fluid source; wherein each of the at least two positive pressure fluid inlet ports is in fluid communication with the fluid outlet port; wherein each of the at least two positive pressure fluid inlet ports comprises an attachment device mechanism for selectively starting and stopping a flow of fluid from the respective fluid source to the fluid outlet port, and wherein the attachment device mechanism comprises a valve moveable between an open valve position and a closed valve position. An attachment device, connector, and method of using an apparatus suitable for a ventilator is also disclosed.