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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2020
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Orestes Soto Ramirez, Reynosa, MX;
Irving Uziel Hernandez Gomez, Hidalgo, TX (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
The present teachings may generally include a sealing device disposed within a connector (e.g., a patient connector) at an end of catheter tubing, where the sealing device is structurally configured to form a releasable seal for the catheter tubing. That is, when unengaged with a contact portion of another connector or device, the sealing device may be disposed in a first position establishing the seal. Specifically, a channel disposed through a body of the sealing device may be obstructed when in the first position. However, through predetermined engagement with the contact portion of another connector or device, the sealing device may be moved (e.g., rotated) to a second position to establish a fluid pathway through the channel. And, when the predetermined engagement is removed, the sealing device may be structurally configured to automatically move back into the first position to reestablish the seal for the catheter tubing.