Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Troy A Ekberg

Weston F Harding

Tom M Miner

Austin Jason McKinnon

Marty Lee Stout

Greg L Brimhall

Kelly David Christensen

Paul R Johnson

Ken Cluff

Wayne K Rasmussen

Joe Frodsham

A Luer access device may include a housing, a septum, and a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the housing for venting gas from an extravascular system. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a gas permeable vent within a Luer access device as part of an extravascular system and venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas permeable vent of the Luer access device.

Vascular access device housing venting

A vascular access device may include a septum and a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the septum. The vent may be capable of venting gas from an extravascular system to which the vascular access device is capable of attaching. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a vascular access device having a septum and forming part of an extravascular system, providing a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the septum, and venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas permeable vent of the device.

Vascular access device septum venting

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Troy A Ekberg