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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:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
May. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael H Leason, Lake Geneva, WI (US);
Rick R Ruschke, McHenry, IL (US);
Ralph L Davis, Genoa City, WI (US);
Assignee:
Filtertek, Inc., Hebron, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604249 ; 604256 ; 137843 ;
Abstract
A needleless access device and method of using the device is disclosed. The needleless access device has a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a channel formed therethrough. Movably friction fitted in the channel adjacent the inlet opening is a piston. The piston is biased upwardly by a stretchable element. The stretchable element allows the top of the piston to be depressed by a syringe to a level adjacent internal flow channels to permit injection and aspiration of fluids through the device.
Published as:
US5360413A; CA2123829A1; EP0629418A2; EP0629418A3; CA2123829C; EP0629418B1; DE69333744D1; EP1547644A1; DE69333744T2;