Medical valve connector
CA 2552175 C · Owner: Guala, Gianni · Inventors: Guala, Gianni
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Described herein is a medical valve connector comprising a tubular body (2) having an inlet fitting of the male luer or luer-lock type (3) with an inner tubular element (6) displaceable axially from a retracted position for closing a passage of flow towards an outlet fitting (4) to an advanced position for opening said passage of flow. A tubular body made of elastic material (15) set between the inlet and outlet fittings (3 4), tends to keep the inner tubular element (6) in the retracted position. Also the outlet fitting (4) can rotate and axially translate between a retracted position and an advanced position.
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- Filed July 18, 2006 and granted January 21, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 18, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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