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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Ken Cluff, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
Joe Frodsham, Kaysville, UT (US);
Wayne K. Rasmussen, Riverdale, UT (US);
Austin Jason Mckinnon, Herriman, UT (US);
Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US);
Marty L. Stout, South Weber, UT (US);
Troy A. Ekberg, Sandy, UT (US);
Tom M. Miner, Alpine, UT (US);
Ken Cluff, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
Joe Frodsham, Kaysville, UT (US);
Wayne K. Rasmussen, Riverdale, UT (US);
Austin Jason McKinnon, Herriman, UT (US);
Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US);
Marty L. Stout, South Weber, UT (US);
Troy A. Ekberg, Sandy, UT (US);
Tom M. Miner, Alpine, UT (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A vascular access device may include a septum and a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the septum. The vent may be capable of venting gas from an extravascular system to which the vascular access device is capable of attaching. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a vascular access device having a septum and forming part of an extravascular system, providing a gas permeable vent in communication with at least a portion of the septum, and venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas permeable vent of the device.