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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Joseph Brierton, Cary, IL (US);
James Knapp, Round Lake, IL (US);
Michael Platt, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 43/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); F16L 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 43/006 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); B32B 2535/00 (2013.01); F16L 13/02 (2013.01); F16L 2201/44 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1174 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1956 (2015.01);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically opening a heat bonded connection site between two conjoined tubing segments of a medical fluid path is provided. A pair of rollers is utilized to draw the connection site of the conjoined tubing segments between the rollers to compress the connection site with sufficient force to open the connection site. A guide in the form of an elongated groove is provided in a support surface of the system that properly aligns the seal line axis of the conjoined tubing segments relative to the rollers.