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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Carefusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Ryan Callahan, Long Beach, CA (US);
Todd Oda, Torrance, CA (US);
George Mansour, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical connector may include a body having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a lumen of the body, an inlet port defined at a proximal end of the body, and an outlet port defined at a distal end of the body. The medical connector may further include a compressible valve member comprising a normally closed slit and disposed in the lumen and extending through the inner surface and outer surface of the body to an exterior of the medical connector. The compressible valve member may be configured to compress radially inward to open the slit upon insertion of the body into a medical access device, and expand radially outward to close the slit upon disconnection of the body from the medical access device.