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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Icu Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Nelson, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas F. Fangrow, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/225 (2013.01); A61B 5/150992 (2013.01); A61M 39/223 (2013.01); A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61B 5/150221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical connector for use in a fluid pathway. A valve member with sealing rings helps preclude undesired accumulation of fluid within the connector. A branched connector includes a fluid diverter extending away from a port of the branched connector. The fluid diverter is configured to divert fluid flowing through the branched connector and into a medical connector attached thereto, flushing a distal portion of the medical connector.