Abstract:
An access port member includes: a body 8 to be connected to a predetermined portion of a blood circuit for causing a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate, the body 8 internally including a flow path 8b for circulating the blood and having an opening 8c communicating with the flow path 8b; a valve 9 that is made of an elastic member covering the opening 8c and attached to an attachment part 8d of the body 8, the valve including a slit that makes a transition from a closed state to an open state when pressed by a tip 11a of a syringe 11 capable of collecting blood or injecting a drug; a cap part 10 fixed to the body 8 with the valve portion 9 interposed therebetween and the slit 9a facing outward; and a rib 9b formed integrally along the periphery of the slit 9a in the valve 9.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a connection fitting (102) for a valve coupling and/or measuring or test coupling (2) for fluid systems for detecting working pressures of fluid media, the coupling (2) comprising a coupling bushing (6) which is subject to operating pressure in the installed state and which has a connection part (16) and a borehole (10) in which a spring-loaded and mechanically actuatable non-return valve (32) is arranged, the valve body (18) of which, in the non-actuated state, is supported on a valve seat (52), the connection fitting (102) having an opening pin (114) having a more particularly circular, closed contact surface for the valve (32) and at least one passage (118) extending laterally to the contact surface, through which passage a connection can be established between the connection fitting (102) and the valve coupling and/or measuring or test coupling (2).
Abstract:
A system for mounting an adapter on a main flexible pipe for connecting a branch pipe is described, including a fitting having an externally threaded shank and a widened base which can be inserted in a hole of the pipe and can be fixed by a first ring nut screwed on the threaded shank, wherein the system includes a tool for inserting the fitting in the hole and for tightening the first ring nut, and wherein on the adapter a second ring nut is provided for fixing the adapter to the fitting.
Abstract:
An additive injection apparatus has a flow manifold with an injection tube configured to communication an additive into the flow manifold. A hopper is connected to the injection tube and will deliver the additive to the injection tube. First and second valves movable between open and closed positions control the flow of additive from the hopper into the injection tube and from the injection tube into the flow manifold.
Abstract:
A water diverting device is used for fitting inside a porous surrounding wall of a vertical drainage pipe which is deeply inserted into the soil for collecting water from the ground level. The water diverting device includes a tubular wall having at least one slit, and a base wall having at least one drainage port. The drainage port is located at a higher level than a lower slit edge of the slit so as to have a lower level of water accumulated for passing through the slit and an upper open end segment of the porous surrounding wall, thereby soaking the soil near the ground level.
Abstract:
A hand tool that is capable of efficiently, inexpensively, and quickly attaching to a pipe and allows for boring an access hole to be used for accessing the inside of the pipe and unclogging the pipe.
Abstract:
A fuel shutoff valve system including a body, a first fluid flow path extending through the body, a second fluid flow path extending through the body, the second fluid flow path separate from the first fluid flow path, and a single shaft that extends through at least a portion said the fluid flow path and through at least a portion of the second fluid flow path, the shaft adapted for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the first and second fluid flow paths are open, and wherein in the second position the first and second fluid flow paths are closed.
Abstract:
Medical intravenous administration connectors according to a first embodiment include a first coupling member having a female luer, a valve member having a substantially rigid stem and a substantially resilient body with a sealing surface, and a second coupling member having a fluid coupling extending from one end and an internal valve member support. The coupling members are structured to couple to each other with the valve member being biased to a closed position. When assembled, the valve stem extends into the female luer, and the valve body biases the sealing surface against an annular ring in the first coupling member thereby blocking fluid communication. Vanes are provided in the second coupling member on which the resilient body of the valve sits, with the vanes acting as a centering mechanism for the valve. The valve is opened for fluid flow through the assembly by coupling a male luer to the female luer of the assembly. According to a second embodiment, the valve stem is replaced by a dome-like protrusion on the resilient valve body. The valve of the second embodiment is opened by applying fluid under pressure through the female luer. According to a third embodiment, the valve is partially rigid and partially resilient. All embodiments are easy to prime, limit priming volume, and are arranged without dead-spaces in which blood can be trapped.
Abstract:
One or a plurality of valve-operated branch pieces can be attached to any point of any pipe. To this end, two opposite openings (16, 18) are made in the pipe (10), and a branch valve body is clamped about the pipe in bracket-like manner at the prepared site.
Abstract:
A drug vial adapter according to the invention includes: a first coupling member having a female luer connector (preferably a luer lock) with a fluid path therethrough, a flange having a first sealing ring seat formed therein and a first mating structure; a second cylindrical coupling member having a centrally located septum piercing tube with a fluid path therethrough and a second mating structure; and a valve member including a valve stem and a resilient valve body having an annular sealing surface. A valve body seat is formed in the interior of the second coupling member by a plurality of radially arranged stepped vanes. According to a preferred embodiment, the second coupling member is formed as a stepped cylinder having a relatively large diameter adjacent the point of the septum piercing tube, a relatively small diameter adjacent the valve body seat and an intermediate diameter therebetween. The presently preferred valve body is substantially frustroconical having a relatively broad end with a stepped axial bore defining the annular sealing surface. The presently preferred valve stem has a stepped cylindrical portion which fits into the axial bore of the valve body and a pair of spaced apart upstanding members which extend into the female luer.