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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
The Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, GB;
Nottingham University Hospitals Nhs Trust, Nottingham, GB;
Philip Breedon, Nottingham, GB;
Martin Beed, Nottingham, GB;
Joshua Wright, Nottingham, GB;
Luke Siena, Nottingham, GB;
Joseph Meeks, Nottingham, GB;
THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, Nottingham, GB;
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, GB;
Abstract
A breakaway chest drain connector, which includes a first part having an inlet for connecting to an upstream portion of a chest drain tube, a one-way valve and a first flange surrounding the one-way valve; and a second part having an outlet for connecting to a downstream portion of the chest tube, a second flange and a hollow protrusion, the second flange surrounding the hollow protrusion. The second part is connectable to the first part by securing the first flange to the second flange such that the hollow protrusion passes through the one-way valve to form an uninterrupted fluid flow passage from the inlet through the hollow protrusion and the outlet along a longitudinal axis of the connector. The first and second flanges are separable by applying a longitudinal separation force above a defined threshold separation force.