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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2004
Dana Wm. Ryan, Nolensville, TN (US);
David P. Gordon, Stamford, CT (US);
James M. Kaiser, Austin, TX (US);
Frank A. Scarfone, Miramar, FL (US);
Dana Wm. Ryan, Nolensville, TN (US);
David P. Gordon, Stamford, CT (US);
James M. Kaiser, Austin, TX (US);
Frank A. Scarfone, Miramar, FL (US);
Rymed Technologies, Inc., Nolensville, TN (US);
Abstract
An improved needle-free intravenous injection port assembly is disclosed. Embodiments include a boot valve with a helical surface, a boot valve and septum which mate with mechanical interference, a spike with a rough outer surface coated with a lubricant, a septum having a shoulder and a single continuous swabbable surface, a septum and a boot valve which are pre-punctured with a solid core steel needle, a septum with a frustroconical extension and a combination single piece septum and boot valve. The injection port assembly provides neutral fluid displacement during coupling and uncoupling.