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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:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin C. Meier, St. Louis, MO (US);
Glenn Fournie, Smithon, IL (US);
Alan Ranford, St. Louis, MO (US);
Christy Martin Cummins, Tullamore, IE;
Sean Morris, Kiltoom, IE;
Assignee:
Sherwood Services, AG, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/516 ;
Abstract
An adapter utilized to interconnect a fluid container and a tubing set having a retractable spike and a rolling seal diaphragm for establishing fluid flow communication between a nutrition container and an administration tubing set while maintaining a fluid-tight seal. The rolling seal diaphragm includes a rolling seal portion which sealingly engages the retractable spike which remains engaged with the spike while the spike is biased between an engaged position and a disengaged position.