US 11,806,498 B2
Coupling devices for tube sets used with surgical gas delivery systems
Earl M. Zergiebel, Guilford, CT (US); Michael J. Augelli, Prospect, CT (US); and Kenneth Blier, Cheshire, CT (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,286.
Application 17/369,286 is a continuation of application No. 15/685,607, filed on Aug. 24, 2017, granted, now 11,065,430.
Application 15/685,607 is a continuation of application No. 15/241,960, filed on Aug. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,960,197, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/208,169, filed on Aug. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330954 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/1011 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 25/0014 (2013.01); A61M 39/105 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1027 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupling assembly for connecting a single lumen tube set to a trocar comprising:
a) a cylindrical connector defining an interior bore and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart posts extending radially outwardly therefrom, wherein each post has a flat edge surface;
b) a coupler defining an interior flow passage and having a distal portion, a medial portion, and a proximal portion, wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart generally J-shaped cam slots are formed in the distal portion of the coupler, each for receiving one of the posts of the connector, and wherein each cam slot has a flat end surface for mating with the flat edge surface of a post of the plurality of posts in a locked position; and
c) a single lumen tube extending into the interior flow passage of the coupler through the proximal portion thereof so that upon insertion of the connector into the distal portion of the coupler, the distal portion of the connector is pushed against a distal end of the tube to provide resistance to lock the posts in the cam slots.