Needleless connector with a tortuous fluid flow path
US8708976B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2206/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A needleless connector has a housing with an internal cavity having an interior surface, a port, an output flow channel, and a fluid flow path through the cavity between the port and the output flow channel. A collapsible valve is disposed within the cavity. The valve has one or more rings each having a surface that is in sealing contact with the interior surface of the housing. There are one or more notches formed in each of the one or more rings, and the flow path passes through one of the notches in each of the one or more rings.
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