Positive Displacement Fluid Lock Port
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Abstract
Positive displacement fluid lock ports for use in combination with an indwelling catheter and a syringe during a flushing/locking procedure are provided. The fluid lock port includes a housing having a distal and a proximal end; a resilient conduit supported within the housing, wherein the conduit defines a lumen therethrough; and at least one biasing member supported in the housing and being operatively associatable with the resilient conduit. The at least one biasing member has a first condition restrained from deforming the resilient conduit and a second condition operatively engaged with the resilient conduit to at least partially occlude the lumen of the resilient conduit.
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40 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A medical flushing and/or locking system, comprising:
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a syringe having a nose extending from a distal end thereof; and a fluid lock port configured for selective connection to the distal end of the syringe, the fluid lock portion including; a housing having a proximal end configured for selective connection with the distal end of the syringe, and a distal end configured for selective connection with a medical device; a resilient conduit supported within the housing, the resilient conduit defining a lumen therethrough, wherein the nose of the syringe extends into the resilient conduit when the housing of the fluid lock port is connected to the distal end of the syringe; a cap disposed within the lumen of the resilient conduit, the cap having a proximal end extending into the lumen and into the nose of the syringe, and a distal end extending from a distal end of the housing; and a biasing member supported in the housing and being operatively associatable with the resilient conduit, wherein the biasing member has a first condition restrained from deforming the lumen of the resilient conduit and a second condition operatively engaged with the resilient conduit to at least partially occlude the lumen of the resilient conduit. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A fluid lock port for interconnection between a syringe that provides a flushing and/or locking fluid and a medical device that requires the flushing and/or locking fluid, the fluid lock port comprising:
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a housing configured for selective fluid communication at one end to a nose of the syringe and at a second end to the medical device, the housing containing a resilient conduit defining a lumen therethrough for establishing a fluid communication between the syringe and the medical device when the syringe and the medical device are interconnected by the fluid lock port, the resilient conduit defining a lumen therethrough, wherein the nose of the syringe extends into the resilient conduit when the housing of the fluid lock port is connected to the distal end of the syringe; a cap disposed within the lumen of the resilient conduit, the cap having a proximal end extending into the lumen and into the nose of the syringe, and a distal end extending from a distal end of the housing; and a biasing member supported in the housing and being operatively associatable with the resilient conduit, wherein the biasing member has a first condition restrained from deforming the lumen of the resilient conduit and a second condition operatively engaged with the resilient conduit to at least partially occlude the lumen of the resilient conduit. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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