Medtg, LLC

Korea Air Electronics Co., Ltd

Thomas A Hall

Benjamin W Close

Jong-In Lim

A device for the uninterrupted administration of fluid to an animal body during a draw of bodily fluid, e.g., blood from a blood vessel, is disclosed. A first fluid channel is configured to selectively transport IV fluid to an animal body and to draw a bodily fluid from the blood vessel via a catheter. A sealing member for sealing a blood draw port defines a concave surface on a first end. An outlet connector is configured to connect to a catheter to the first fluid channel and defines a concave distal end. An IV fluid inlet fluidly connected to an IV infusion lumen and configured for fluidic connection to an IV fluid source and uninterrupted delivery of IV fluid to the blood vessel. A valve member selectively provides a fluidic connection between the outlet connector and the IV fluid inlet, thereby selectively alternating between blood collection and IV fluid delivery.

Simultaneous infusion and blood collection devices

An infusion and blood collection device allows clean blood collections into a collection tube via a previously installed angiocatheter without interrupting the administration of intravenous therapies after initial installation. The device optionally includes passive control of the blood collection flow rate to prevent contamination of the collected blood draw with the IV therapy fluid being simultaneously infused through the angiocatheter. A blood collection method uses an infusion and blood collection device to draw a clean blood sample from a patient and into a collection tube via a previously installed angiocatheter without interrupting the administration of intravenous therapies.

Infusion and blood collection devices and methods

Infusion and blood collection device and method

Disclosed is an earphone jack including a housing, a circuit connector mounted in the housing, and a plurality of first connecting terminals each including a first connecting section outwardly protruded from the housing, to be connected to a circuit of an audio appliance, and a second connecting section extending from the first connecting section while being bent to have a C shape such that the second connecting section elastically fits around an associated one of the connecting terminals of the earphone plug. It is possible to elastically support the earphone plug even after the earphone plug is repeatedly inserted into and separated from the housing, because the first connecting terminals have a structure bent to have a circular shape.

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Lexington, TX, United States of America

Thomas A Hall