One-to-many infiltration tubing

• US 20040236286A1
• Filed: 05/22/2003
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey A. Klein
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey A. Klein
• Inventors: Klein, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US10/443,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20040236286A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/258
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1083 having a plurality of female connectors, e.g. Luer connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/10 Tube connectors; Tube couplings A61M39/02 takes precedence; connecting needles to syringes or hubs A61M5/34; connecting catheter tubes to hubs A61M25/0014
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor

Abstract

An infiltration tubing having a one-to-many connector is disclosed herein. The one-to-many connector includes a Y-shaped body. The Y-shaped body includes a proximal inlet configured to connect to a fluid source (e.g., an IV bag or bottle) and at least two distal outlets. Each distal outlet is configured to connect to a respective fluid delivery device (e.g., an infiltration cannula, a catheter or a hypodermic needle) for infiltrating fluid into a patient.

Claims

1. An infiltration tubing device, comprising:

a fluid source;

a one-to-many branching tube, comprising;

an inlet configured to receive a fluid supplied from the fluid source; and

at least two outlets, from which the fluid received from the fluid source flows out of the one-to-many branching tube; and

at least two infiltration cannulae connected to the respective outlets of the one-to-many configuration, wherein the infiltration cannulae are operative to infiltrate the fluid to a patient simultaneously.

2. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the inlet is configured to connect to the fluid source with an IV tube disposed therebetween.

3. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least two outlets are substantially parallel in relation to each other.

4. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the inlet is attached to an inlet female connector and the fluid source comprises a fluid source male connector, the proximal inlet female connector configured to connect to the fluid source male connector.

5. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 4, wherein the inlet female connector is attached to the inlet via a short tubing.

6. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 5, wherein the short tubing is glued to the inlet female connector and the inlet.

7. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 4, wherein the inlet female connector and the fluid source male connector are luer connectors.

8. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 7, wherein the inlet female connector and the fluid source male connector have a luer connection.

9. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 7, wherein the inlet female connector and the fluid source male connector have a luer lock connection.

10. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the at least two outlets is configured to connect the respective cannulae with a tube disposed therebetween.

11. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 10, wherein each of the at least two outlets is glued to the respective tube.

12. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 10, wherein each of the at least two outlets comprises an outlet male connector.

13. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 12, wherein each of the respective tubes comprises a tube female connector, configured to connect to the respective outlet male connector of the outlets.

14. The infiltration tubing device as recited in claim 13, wherein the outlet male connectors and the tube female connectors are luer connectors.

15. The infiltration tubing as recited in claim 14, wherein the outlet male connectors and the tube female connectors have a luer slip connection.

16. The infiltration tubing as recited in claim 14, wherein the outlet male connectors and the tube female connectors have a luer lock connection.

17. The infiltration tubing as recited in claim 10, wherein the tubing comprises an on-off switch configured to temporarily stop flow through the distal tubing.

18. The infiltration tubing as recited in claim 17, wherein the on-off switch is a clamp.

19. The infiltration tubing as recited in claim 17, wherein the on-off switch is a stopcock.

20. A one-to-many infiltration connector used for delivering a fluid from a single fluid source to multiple sites of a patient, the connector comprising:

one inlet in fluid communication of the single fluid source; and

a plurality of outlets operative to deliver the fluid to the multiple sites of the patient simultaneously.

21. The one-to-many infiltration connector as recited in claim 20, further comprising at least a valve at each of the outlets.

22. A one-to-many infiltration connector used for delivering a fluid from a single fluid source to multiple sites of a patient, the connector comprising:

one inlet for receiving the fluid from the single fluid source; and

a plurality of outlets in communication with the multiple sites of the patient, wherein when communication between any of the outlets and the site of the patient is interrupted, the remaining outlets are operative to continue delivery of the fluid to the corresponding sites of the patient.

23. The one-to-many infiltration connector as recited in claim 22, further comprising a plurality of cannulae providing fluid communication between the outlets and the multiple sites of the patient.