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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:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Harris, Oakham, GB;
Assignee:
Bard Limited, Sunderland, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604326 ; 604283 ; 285235 ; 285292 ; 285417 ; 285423 ; 128912 ;
Abstract
A one-piece connector has a stepped bore, a first end to accommodate an outlet pipe of an outlet tap of a urine drainage leg bag, and a second end to accomodate a nozzle on an inlet pipe of an overnight drainage bag. The second end includes a hand-grippable tab with an enlarged free end. The connector is removed from the nozzle by pulling the tab in a direction towards the leg bag. This pulling action on the tab reduces substantially the tension needed to separate the connector from the nozzle.