18941428. NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR WITH VALVE PIVOT SUPPORT (CareFusion 303, Inc.)
NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR WITH VALVE PIVOT SUPPORT
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Tomas Frausto of Walnut CA (US)
Archana Rao of Los Angeles CA (US)
Siddarth K. Shevgoor of Mission Viejo CA (US)
George Mansour of Diamond Bar CA (US)
NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR WITH VALVE PIVOT SUPPORT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18941428 titled 'NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR WITH VALVE PIVOT SUPPORT
Original Abstract Submitted
A needleless connector includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis, a body portion, and a base portion. The body portion includes an inner surface forming an internal cavity, and a first port forming a first fluid passage to the housing cavity. The base portion includes a top end section and a bottom end section. The top end section has a protrusion, and the bottom end portion has a second port forming a second fluid passage to the housing cavity. The needleless connector further includes a valve having a wall with an inner surface forming a valve cavity. The valve is coupled with the housing such that the protrusion is positioned in the valve cavity, and a proximal end of the protrusion is spaced apart from a proximal end of the valve cavity.