PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENT CONNECTION SYSTEM

• US 20090012451A1
• Filed: 07/05/2007
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baxter Healthcare SA (Baxter International Inc.), Baxter International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Baxter Healthcare SA (Baxter International Inc.), Baxter International Inc.
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Akinori, Sato, Katsuo, Kondo, Ko, Sobue, Katsuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,157,761 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/29
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/10 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/159 specially adapted for peritoneal dialysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/28 Peritoneal dialysis ; Other peritoneal treatment, e.g. oxygenation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/285 Catheters therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/165 Shrouds or protectors for aseptically enclosing the connector
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/18 Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking

Abstract

A peritoneal dialysis patient assist device includes (i) a port holder shaped to hold a first connector and a first plug, (ii) a transfer set holder shaped to hold a second connector and a second plug, the transfer set holder rotatable and translatable with respect to the port holder, and (iii) an ultraviolet (“UV”) applicator positioned to radiate UV light on at least part of the first and second connectors when loaded into the port and transfer set holders, respectively.

Claims

1. A peritoneal dialysis patient assist device comprising:

a port holder shaped to hold a first connector and a first plug;

a transfer set holder shaped to hold a second connector; and

a slide holder coupled slidingly to the transfer set hold, the transfer set holder and slide holder rotatable with respect to the port holder.

2. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, wherein at least one of:

(i) the first connector is a female connector, the port holder shaped to hold the female connector;

(ii) the first plug is a female plug, the port holder shaped to hold the female plug;

(iii) the second connector is a male connector, the transfer set holder configured to hold the male connector;

(iv) the second plug is a male plug, the slide holder configured to hold the male plug; and

(v) at least one of the port holder and transfer set holder is made in first and second process connected respectively to first and second sections of a housing, the first section of the housing operable and closeable with respect to the second section of the housing.

3. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, wherein the port holder includes at least one slotted groove sized and located so that the port holder can be fixed to a housing.

4. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 3, wherein the transfer set holder includes at least one slotted groove a configured to enable the transfer set holder to be fixed rotatably to the housing

5. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, wherein the slide holder slidingly engages the transfer set holder via a tongue and groove arrangement.

6. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, wherein the transfer set holder is slideable relative to the port holder.

7. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, wherein at least one of:

(i) the port holder;

(ii) the transfer set holder; and

(iii) the slide holder is made of a UV radiation transmissive material.

8. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, which includes or is operable with a valve configured to close a tube connected to the first connector.

9. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 8, wherein the valve is operated automatically.

10. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 1, which is configured such that at least one of the:

(i) rotation of the transfer set holder;

(ii) sliding of the slide holder; and

(iii) closing the valve is performed automatically or manually.

11. A peritoneal dialysis patient assist device comprising:

a first portion configured to hold a fluid supply connector and a first plug;

a second portion configured to hold a patient connector and a second plug;

an ultraviolet light (“

UV”

) applicator; and

wherein the first and second portions cooperate with the UV applicator so that in a connection sequence

(i) the first plug initially plugs the patient connector and the second plug initially plugs the supply connector,

(ii) one of the first and second portions is translated away from the other, unplugging the first and second plugs from the patient connector and the supply connector, respectively,

(iii) one of the first and second portions is rotated with respect to the other,

(iv) the UV applicator irradiates at least a portion of the fluid supply and patient connectors; and

(v) one of the first and second portions is translated towards the other, connecting the patient connector to the supply connector and the first plug to the second plug.

12. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 11, wherein the UV applicator is initiated (i) automatically or (ii) manually.

13. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 11, which includes at least one of:

(i) a valve, the valve closed before one of the first and second portions is translated away from the other, the valve opened after the patient connector is connected to the supply connector;

(ii) a motor and at least one gear configured to rotate one of the first and second portions; and

(iii) a ball screw configured to translate one of the first and second portions.

14. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 11, which includes a third portion slidingly engaged to one of the first and second portions, the third portion configured to hold one of the first and second plugs.

15. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 14, which is configured such that the third portion is translated away from the first or second portion not connected to the third portion to unplug one of the first and second plugs before the first and second portions are translated away from each other to unplug the other of the first and second plugs.

16. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 11, wherein the first portion is fixed and the second portion is configured to at least one of:

(i) rotate; and

(ii) translate with respect to the first portion.

17. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 11, wherein the first and second portions cooperate with the UV applicator so that in a disconnection sequence

(i) the first plug is connected initially to the second plug and the patient connector is connected initially to the supply connector,

(ii) one of the first and second portions is translated away from the other disconnecting the first plug from the second plug and the patient connector from the supply connector,

(iii) one of the first and second portions is rotated with respect to the other,

(iv) the UV applicator irradiates at least a portion of the patient connector and the supply connector, and

(v) one of the first and second portions is translated with respect to the other via the at least one translation mechanism, connecting the first plug to the patient connector and the second plug to the supply connector.

18. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 17, which includes a valve, the valve closed before one of the first and second portions is translated away from the other, the valve opened after the first plug is connected to the patient connector and the second plug is connected to the supply connector.

19. A peritoneal dialysis patient assist device comprising:

a port holder shaped to hold a first connector and a first plug;

a transfer set holder shaped to hold a second connector and a second plug, the transfer set holder rotatable and translatable with respect to the port holder; and

an ultraviolet (“

UV”

) applicator positioned to radiate UV light on at least part of the first and second connectors when loaded into the port and transfer set holders, respectively.

20. The peritoneal dialysis patient assist device of claim 19, wherein the transfer set holder includes a slide holder, the slide holder translatable within the port holder, the slide holder configured to hold the second plug.

21. The peritoneal dialysis patent assist device of claim 19, which includes at least one of a translation device configured to translate the transfer set holder and rotation device configured to rotate the transfer set holder.