Fluid connection assembly with locking mechanism

US8080001B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. · US

Inventors

• Tom Borlaug · Prior Lake, US
• Marty Hieb · St. Louis Park, US
• Khoi Le · Edina, US
• Chris Lins · Crystal, US
• Steven Plager · Burnsville, US
• Darryl T. Wrolson · Waconia, US
• Nathaniel R. Hallee · Eden Prairie, US
• Paul A. Pilosi · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In general, this disclosure relates to techniques for implementation and use of a fluid connection assembly, having a locking mechanism, which may be connected to a medical fluid injection device. An example fluid connection assembly includes at least one fluid connector, a mating mechanism coupled to the at least one fluid connector and configured to connect the at least one fluid connector to a medical fluid injection device, and a locking mechanism coupled to the mating mechanism and movable into a locked position or an unlocked position. In this example, the fluid connection assembly becomes affirmatively coupled with the medical fluid injection device when the locking mechanism is in the locked position, and the fluid connection assembly becomes removably decoupled from the medical fluid injection device when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position.