Conduit connectors having antiseptic application means

US4432766A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Marc Bellotti · Libertyville, US
• Dean Laurin · Lake Zurich, US
• Ronald C. Stauber · Lake Zurich, US
• Larry C. Taylor · McHenry, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 1981
• Grant date: Feb 21, 1984
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S604/905
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A pair of separate conduits, each having an internal seal zone, may be joined by the method which comprises sealingly joining the ends of the conduits together; thereafter adding an antiseptic into the area of the joined conduits between internal seals formed in the zones; and then opening said internal seals without separating the conduits to permit internal fluid flow through the joined conduits.