MEDICAL STOPCOCK WITH A CAP

• US 20100022968A1
• Filed: 07/23/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: KITANI, Ichiro
• Application Number:
  US12/507,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20100022968A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/248
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/205 comprising air venting means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/229 Stopcocks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/7536 allowing gas passage, but preventing liquid passage, e.g. liquophobic, hydrophobic, water-repellent membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/20 Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/223 Multiway valves

Abstract

A medical stopcock with a cap is provided which includes a chamber part; an upstream branch pipe, a downstream branch pipe and a supplementary upstream branch pipe which are connected to the chamber part, respectively; a rotary valve which can link in communication and block the areas between the chamber part and the upstream branch pipe, downstream branch pipe and supplementary upstream branch pipe, respectively; and a cap which can be attached to and detached from the supplementary upstream branch pipe. The cap is provided with an insertion part to which a filter is fitted, and the movement of liquid between the chamber part and the supplementary upstream branch pipe can be prevented when the cap is fitted to the supplementary upstream branch pipe with the insertion part inserted into the supplementary upstream branch pipe.

Claims

1. Medical stopcock with a cap, comprising:

a chamber part;

a main upstream branch pipe, downstream branch pipe and supplementary upstream branch pipe which are respectively connected to the chamber part;

a rotary valve provided inside the chamber part configured to form a liquid flow channel allowing communication between the chamber part and the main upstream branch pipe, the downstream branch pipe and the supplementary upstream branch pipe, respectively, the rotary valve being configured to block the area between the chamber part and the main upstream branch pipe, the area between the chamber part and the downstream branch pipe, and the area between the chamber part and the supplementary upstream branch pipe, respectively, by rotation of the valve in a predetermined direction; and

a cap configured to be releasably attached to the supplementary upstream branch pipe,

wherein the cap includes a cylindrical part which can be inserted into the supplementary upstream branch pipe, and a filter attached to the cylindrical part allowing the passage of gas but not allowing the passage of liquid; and

wherein when the cap is attached to the supplementary upstream branch pipe with the cylindrical part inserted into the supplementary upstream branch pipe, liquid can no longer move between the chamber part and the supplementary upstream branch pipe.

2. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 1, in which the filter includes a thin-film hydrophobic filter.

3. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 1, wherein a male thread is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the supplementary upstream branch pipe.

4. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 3, wherein an outer peripheral wall for covering the outer peripheral surface of the supplementary upstream branch pipe is provided on the cap

5. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 3, wherein a female thread configured to screw together with the male thread is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall.

6. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 1, wherein the filter is attached to the tip end opening of the cylindrical part

7. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 1, wherein the filter is positioned at a boundary area between the chamber part and the main upstream branch pipe.

8. Medical stopcock with a cap according to claim 1, wherein a seal for sealing an area between the cylindrical part and an inner peripheral surface of the supplementary upstream branch pipe is provided around a circumference of the cylindrical part.