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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ASP GLOBAL MANUFACTURING GMBH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/121 (2013.01); A61B 1/00119 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1027 (2013.01);
Abstract
Coupling arrangements and connectors for establishing a substantially fluid-tight removable connection between a fluid port in a medical device such as an endoscope. Various embodiments of the connectors may be coupled to a fluid conduit that may be attached to a decontamination or reprocessing device used to flow fluid through corresponding channels in the medical device during the decontamination process.