Disposable fluid connector having multiple tubing components and an electrical connector

US9566381B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. · US

Inventors

• Traci J. Barron · Jasper, US
• Niels Clausen-Stuck · London, GB
• Mark James Fisher · Highland Park, US
• Joseph Graceffa · Chicago, US
• David J. Hajicek · Minnetonka, US
• Martin G. Hieb · St. Louis Park, US
• Anastasios G. Karahalios · Skokie, US
• Karen Kensok · Minnetonka, US
• Robert Kim · La Mirada, US
• Lawrence J. Lunzer · St. Louis Park, US
• Manfred Maiers · Savage, US
• Adolfo Menendez · Woodbury, US
• Khader Mohiuddin · Plymouth, US
• Richard A. Oftedahl · Jordan, US
• Volker Roos · Unterföhring, DE
• Jeremiah O'Leary · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2005/1403
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A disposable fluid connector includes a first single-use tubing component having proximal and distal ends and a second single-use tubing component having proximal and distal ends, where the first single-use tubing component and the second single-use tubing component are each usable only for a single patient procedure. The disposable fluid connector also includes a connection comprising an electrical connector that is configured to electrically connect the connection to both a powered injector and to an external medical device, where the disposable fluid connector comprises a disposable cassette including a portion that is non-removably attached to both the first single-use tubing component and the second single-use tubing component.