ROTATABLE CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL USE

• US 20140378950A1
• Filed: 01/22/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mouldex Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mouldex Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHIU, Tzu-Feng
• Application Number:
  US14/161,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20140378950A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/539
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0222 Materials for reducing friction
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/1055 Rotating or swivel joints in general F16L27/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 27/0804 the fluid passing axially from one joint element to another

Abstract

A rotatable connector for medical use is provided, applicable to connecting infusion tubings or serving as part of infusion tubing, including a first tube, a second tube, a casing cover, and an elastic sealing member; the first tube having a coupling end, the coupling end having an outer wall disposed with a stopper; the second tube having a docking member; the casing cover having one end sheathing outside of stopper and the other end fixed to docking member; a housing space being formed by inner wall of casing cover and outer wall of coupling end; the elastic sealing member being disposed inside housing space, tightly adhered to outer wall of coupling end as well as diving housing space into two disconnected spaces. As such, when applied to infusion tubings, the first tube of the connector of the present invention can rotate to resolve a blockage and free of leakage.

Claims

1. A rotatable connector for medical use, comprising:

a first tube, a second tube, a casing cover and an elastic sealing member;

wherein;

the first tube having a coupling end, the coupling end having an outer wall disposed with a stopper;

the second tube having a docking member;

the casing cover with one end sheathing outside of the stopper and remaining rotatable, and the other end fixed to the docking member;

a housing space being formed by inner wall of the casing cover, outer wall of the coupling end and the docking member;

the elastic sealing member being disposed inside the housing space and comprising an inner-ring sealing wall and an outer-ring elastic wall, the inner-ring sealing wall and an outer-ring elastic wall being connected;

the inner-ring sealing wall being tightly adhered to the outer wall of the coupling end and the outer-ring elastic wall pushing against the inner wall of the housing space to divide the housing space into two disconnected spaces.

2. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer-ring elastic wall has a conic shape and is connected to the inner-ring sealing wall;

a gap exists between the partial outer wall and the inner wall of the casing cover so that the inner-ring sealing wall is hanged in an elastic manner.

3. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic sealing member further comprises a sealing lip, disposed at the edge of a circumference of the outer-ring elastic wall;

the sealing lip is located tightly between the connection of the opening end and the docking member when assembled.

4. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first tube 1 is a hollow tube body, the other end away from the coupling end is a tube connector;

the stopper protrudes from the tube wall at the coupling end.

5. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 4, wherein the tube wall of the stopper in the diameter direction facing the tube connector is disposed with a plurality of bumps for contacting the inner wall of the casing cover to reduce friction.

6. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other end of the first tube away from the coupling end is a tube element connected to an infusion tubing.

7. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second tube is a hollow tube element and the other end of the second tube away from the docking member is a tube connector.

8. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second tube is a hollow tube element and the other end of the second tube away from the docking member is a tube element connected to an infusion tubing.

9. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing cover and the docking member are fixed together by ultrasonic welding.

10. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotatable connector is installed to an infusion tubing.

11. The rotatable connector for medical use as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotatable connector is installed to an end of an infusion tubing.