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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. 30, 1996
Filed:
May. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis M Tomisaka, Dublin, OH (US);
Vincent D McGinniss, Sunbury, OH (US);
David C Masterson, Grove City, OH (US);
Assignee:
Medex, Inc., Hilliard, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604265 ; 604256 ; 604283 ; 2511491 ;
Abstract
A needleless valve (16), which may be housed in a plastic housing (12), has a web (18) provided with a slit (20) for blunt cannula access therethrough. The web (18) is provided with a lubricious coating (22) on at least a portion thereof, the coating (22) being polymeric and covalently bonded to the web (18). Coating (22) enhances the ease of use of valve (16) and increases its useful life by decreasing the deleterious effects of repeated cannula insertion and removal.