Detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment

• US 5,817,116 A
• Filed: 03/27/1997
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Piolax Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Piolax Incorporated
• Inventors: Hayashi, Tokuharu, Takahashi, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael Powell
• Assistant Examiner(s): REIP, DAVID OWEN
• Application Number:
  US08/828,794
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 606/120, 606/151, 606/157, 606/158, 606/167, 30/124
• US Class Current: 606/167
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/04 Tools for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/18 Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/221 Frangible or pierceable closures within tubing A61M39/14 takes precedence; frangible closures for containers A61J1/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/284 Lever clamps
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 55/10 Means for stopping flow from or in pipes or hoses F16L29/00, F16L37/28 take precedence; valves F16K

Abstract

A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment includes a body for gripping which has generally a U-shape and is resiliently deformable in an opening-closing direction in a bent portion. A separating member is separably disposed inside the body and the separating member generally forms a C-shape and is adapted to be pressed and closed by the body for gripping when the body for gripping is closed. A tube inserting portion is formed in the body and the separating member so that a tube for medical treatment may be inserted and held therein. First and second stream stopping portions are provided at a corresponding location inside the body and a corresponding location inside the separating member so as to press the pertinent portion of the tube and stop a stream inside the tube when the body is closed. First and second holding portions are provided on the body and the separating member so as to maintain the stream stopping states of the first and second stream stopping portions when the body is closed. A cutter for cutting the tube upon closing of the body is provided between the first and second stream stopping portions. A stopper is provided for preventing the cutter from arriving at the tube for a gripping force of a predetermined value or less.

Claims

1. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment comprising:

a body for gripping which has a bent portion between end portions thereof facing each other and is deformable in an opening-closing direction in the bent portion;

a separating member separably disposed inside said body for gripping, said separating member being adapted to be pressed and closed by said body for gripping when said body for gripping is closed;

a tube inserting portion formed in said body for gripping and said separating member so that a tube for medical treatment may be inserted and held therein;

a first stream stopping portion and a second stream stopping portion provided at a corresponding location inside said body for gripping and a corresponding location inside said separating member so as to press a portion of said tube for medical treatment and stop a stream inside said tube when said body for gripping is closed;

a first holding portion and a second holding portion provided on said body for gripping and said separating member so as to maintain the stream stopping states of said first stream stopping portion and said second stream stopping portion when said body for gripping is closed;

a cutter for cutting said tube for medical treatment including a cutting edge between said first stream stopping portion and said second stream stopping portion when said body for gripping is closed; and

a stopper for preventing said cutter from arriving at said tube for a gripping force of a predetermined value or less, wherein said stopper comprises a connecting piece connecting the pair of grip portions of said body for gripping together and preventing said grip portions from being closed, and adapted to be broken away when a gripping force exceeding a predetermined value acts thereon.

2. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 1, wherein said stopper comprises a thin piece extending from at least one of said body for gripping and said separating member so as to intercept a route in which the cutting edge of said cutter arrives at said tube, and adapted to be cut by said cutter when a gripping force exceeding a predetermined value acts thereon.

3. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 2, wherein said stopper comprises a thin piece extending in a width direction of the cutting edge of the cutter and a thickness of said thin piece is smaller than a width thereof.

4. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 2, wherein said thin piece constituting said stopper extends to connect said body for gripping and said separating member together.

5. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 2, wherein by an initial load when said body for gripping is opened, the cutting edge of said cutter is resiliently urged to contact with said stopper, with such a degree of force that does not cut said thin piece.

6. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 2, wherein said stopper comprises a cover which is disposed between the cutting edge of the cutter and the tube and is attached to the cutter.

7. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 1, wherein said stopper comprises a thin piece extending in a width direction of the cutting edge of the cutter and a thickness of said thin piece is smaller than a width thereof.

8. A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 2, further comprising a support member adapted to be inserted into said body for gripping along an axial direction of the tube and to be engaged with said body for gripping, and wherein said support member has a rib for holding said separating member stably in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the tube.

9. The detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment according to claim 8 wherein said support member has a projection for holding said separating member stably in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the tube.

10. A detaching tool for a tuba for medical treatment according to claim 1, wherein at least one of spacings of said first and second stream stopping portions is made such that said at least one spacing is smaller than an outer diameter of said tube and the internal flow path of the tube is not blockaded in a state in which no gripping force is applied to said body for gripping.