US 11,724,052 B2
Airway adapters and suction catheter systems
Dennis White, Yorba Linda, CA (US); Haojun Fu, Yorba Linda, CA (US); Sibgat Ulla, Placentia, CA (US); Ming Lu, Pasadena, CA (US); Christopher Varga, Laguna Hills, CA (US); Simon Jung, Placentia, CA (US); and Charles Edward Beuchat, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US)
Assigned to SunMed Group Holdings, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by SunMed Group Holdings, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/460,840.
Application 16/460,840 is a continuation of application No. 14/821,438, filed on Aug. 7, 2015, granted, now 10,369,313.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/035,366, filed on Aug. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/035,367, filed on Aug. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/035,379, filed on Aug. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/035,380, filed on Aug. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/035,364, filed on Aug. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0321575 A1, Oct. 24, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0463 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0825 (2014.02); A61M 16/0833 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/276 (2013.01); A61M 2205/585 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suction control valve assembly comprising:
a housing having an interior cavity;
a tubular segment comprising a pathway extending therethrough, and an access opening to the pathway, the tubular segment disposed within the interior cavity of the housing and having a first conduit segment and a second conduit segment, where the access opening is arranged between a valve end of the first conduit segment and a valve end of the second conduit segment, and the valve end of the first conduit segment defines a valve seat proximal to the access opening;
a resilient valve member being coupled to and enclosing the access opening of the pathway, the resilient valve member comprising a valve plug configured to sealably engage against the valve seat; and
an actuator coupled to the valve member, wherein the actuator is moveable to elastically deform the valve member from a first position, where the pathway is occluded by the valve plug engaged against the valve seat, toward a second position, where the pathway is not occluded by the valve plug.