Patent · US Expired

Bayonet lock cannula for pre-slit y-site

US5658260A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1996
Grant dateAug 19, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S604/905
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cannula and injection site coupling system comprising a cannula assembly having a blunt cannula or piercing member partially surrounded by a protective shield. The protective shield is spaced apart from the blunt cannula and includes a bayonet arm, a bayonet barb, a bayonet lock and an opening or gap. The injection site has a septum with a pre-slit opening and an arm. When the cannula assembly and injection site are coupled, the injection site arm is lodged within the cannula assembly lock opening.

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