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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Kelly D. Christensen, Centerville, UT (US);
Paul R. Johnson, Kaysville, UT (US);
Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US);
Troy A. Ekberg, Sandy, UT (US);
Greg L. Brimhall, West Jordan, UT (US);
Tom M. Miner, Alpine, UT (US);
Kelly D. Christensen, Centerville, UT (US);
Paul R. Johnson, Kaysville, UT (US);
Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US);
Troy A. Ekberg, Sandy, UT (US);
Greg L. Brimhall, West Jordan, UT (US);
Tom M. Miner, Alpine, UT (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A Luer access device may include a housing, a septum, and a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the housing for venting gas from an extravascular system. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a gas permeable vent within a Luer access device as part of an extravascular system and venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas permeable vent of the Luer access device.