Self-sealing male luer connector with molded elastomeric tip
CA 2580667 C · Owner: Cardinal Health 303, Inc. · Inventors: Phillips, John C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A self-sealing male connector (20) includes a tubular male body (30) and an elastomeric resilient tip (38) disposed on the distal end (50) of the tubular male body. The elastomeric tip has a transverse size (44) that is greater that the size of a female connector (42) and a shape that differs from the female shape so that engagement of the two will result in reshaping the male tip to the shape of the female flow channel and the male will create a seal with the channel. The male tip is formed with a slit (40) and a hollow core (56) that provides a flow passage formed in the male body. As the male tip is reshaped due to engagement with a female connector the slit opens to establish …
Read the whole patent
Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed September 14, 2005 and granted January 22, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
Timeline
Timeline From CIPO dates
Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.