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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:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1996
David R Hame, Copthorne, GB;
Howard Barratt, Pulborough, GB;
E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A tube coupling is shown, particularly but not exclusively intended for use in joining tubes which have medical and surgical uses. A coupling according to the invention may be used to connect an ostomy bag to a drainage tube, or to connect an incontinence urine collection device to a drainage tube, or to connect a drainage tube to a drainage bag, or a catheter to a drainage tube. A tube coupling has a male part and a female part. The former has a radially extending external peripheral rib near its free end. The female part is made in one piece and comprises a tubular shell of a relatively rigid plastics material provided with an annular internal recess. The recess has molded therein a hollow tubular member of a relatively soft plastics material. The female part has no loose parts to become detached, can be made inexpensively by a 'two-shot' molding process, and provides extremely good security against leakage.