Baxter International Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Sa

Lewis E Daniels, Jr

Steven C Jepson

Thomas Edward Dudar

Michael J Finley

Algirdas J Bindokas

Jason J White

Rodrigo A Montanez

Samuel Ding

Camille Summer

Birendra K Lal

Robin Gail Pauley

Eric J Henaut

Edward S Szpara

Mark Perry

Gianni Di Stefani

Georges E Rondeau

Gert Najdeni

Sarah Louise Corbin

James B Winje

Yuan Pang Samuel Ding

Brian R Micheli

James C Richardson

Camille Summers

Richard F Chamernik

David D Hsu

Mack David Elliott

Dan Liu

Nicole Michaela Haupt Jabri

James Patrick Condon

A dialysis bag is provided, including a first layer of film and a second layer of film each having a closed end and an opposite outlet end, the layers sealed together about corresponding peripheral edges to define a bag chamber. An outlet assembly is sealingly disposed at the corresponding outlet ends and has a tubular administrative outlet with an inlet and is in fluid communication with the bag chamber. A dimple is formed in at least one of the layers adjacent to the inlet for preventing occlusion as a fluid level decreases in the bag.

Dialysis bag with anti-occlusion feature

A needless connector is provided which utilizes a resealable preslit septum valve. The valve is resiliently restrained relative to a housing with the valve and housing configured to accept a standard male luer lock having a luer tip which penetrates the valve through the opening to extend within the housing and a luer locking flange of the luer lock extending about the housing. The valve includes a disk shaped upper portion covering the opening, a lower portion spaced from the housing and extending downward from the disk shaped portion into a passageway defined by the housing, and an annular skirt to attach the septum to the housing. The connector exhibits satisfactory leak pressure after multiple connections and disconnects to the luer lock fitting and long periods of indwell of the luer tip.

Needleless connector

A port assembly includes a housing with an opening and a bore therethrough, a slit septum disposed in the bore to control access through the opening, a base joined to the housing and having a membrane attached thereto, a perforator having a first end abutting the slit septum and a second end aligned with the membrane, and a resilient member disposed between the perforator and the base. The port assembly may be used in a fluid container that includes a receptacle for retaining a fluid, and at least one conduit in communication with the receptacle. The at least one conduit may be defined, at least in part, by the port assembly.

Port assembly for use with needleless connector

A valve assembly for permitting fluid flow in a first direction and for preventing fluid flow in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The valve assembly includes an upper housing, a lower housing coupled to the upper housing to form a generally axially extending housing assembly, and a valve seating section defined within an inner peripheral portion of the lower housing. The valve seating section includes an axially extending inner peripheral surface and a transversely extending surface substantially normal to the axially extending inner peripheral surface. A valve member is seated within the valve seating section of said lower housing. The valve member includes a flange that extends from the valve member in a transverse direction and defines an axially oriented outer peripheral surface thereof. The valve member is retained within the valve seating section of the lower housing by the axially extending inner peripheral surface of the valve seating section transversely compressing the axially oriented outer peripheral surface of the flange to form a press-fit therebetween. Further, the valve member also includes a lower transverse surface which is axially separated from the transversely extending surface of the valve seating section, in which an air space is defined between these two transverse surfaces.

Valve assembly

A flow adjusting tube clamp is used with a chamber in a solution administration device. The tube clamp is pivotally mounted to the cap at a second pivot element. The tube clamp includes first and second elongated tube passages that overly the cap inlet ports as the clamp is pivoted. The tube passages define varying cross-sectional open areas therethrough. The passages are arcuate so that they continuously overly the inlet ports as the clamp is pivoted. The inlet ports are configured to receive flexible tube portions that traverse through the tube passages in the clamp. Each tube passage includes at least one open area and at least one occluding portion to establish and terminate flow therethrough. The clamp is pivotable from a prime position to an intermittent flow position and from an intermittent flow position to a continuous flow position, to effect varying flow conditions.

Container with pivoting tube clamp

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Wonder Lake, IL, United States of America

Lewis E Daniels, Jr