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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Robin R. Thompson, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Inventor:
Robin R. Thompson, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/30 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61F 5/455 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); B67D 7/60 (2010.01); B65D 5/72 (2006.01); A61M 39/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61F 5/455 (2013.01); A61M 39/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A soft, flexible fluid connector includes a connecting portion and a skirt formed integral therewith and depending therefrom. The skirt has formed spaces around the circumference of the skirt defining flexible, compressible, fingers. The connector is overmolded with a plastic or like flexible material wherein the formed spaces are filled with the flexible material such that the connector is molded contiguously with a flange or faceplate.