US 12,246,132 B2
Medical tubes for respiratory systems
Katja Munkelt, Hermsdorf (DE); Christopher Gareth Sims, Auckland (NZ); Seth Mclay Frater, Auckland (NZ); Matthew Liam Buswell, Auckland (NZ); Gavin Walsh Millar, Auckland (NZ); David Leon McCauley, Auckland (NZ); Malcolm David Smith, Auckland (NZ); Brendan Thomas Vercoelen, Auckland (NZ); Thomas Jacques Fernand Maeckelberghe, Auckland (NZ); Kiel Anthony McCool, Auckland (NZ); and Thomas James Edwards, Parnell (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/926,410.
Application 16/926,410 is a continuation of application No. 15/126,566, granted, now 10,751,498, previously published as PCT/NZ2015/050028, filed on Mar. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/131,173, filed on Mar. 10, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/047,536, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/031,666, filed on Jul. 31, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/954,230, filed on Mar. 17, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0338295 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); F16L 25/01 (2006.01); F16L 53/38 (2018.01); H01R 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0816 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/0808 (2013.01); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 16/1095 (2014.02); A61M 16/16 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); F16L 25/01 (2013.01); H01R 13/005 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/003 (2013.01); A61M 16/109 (2014.02); A61M 16/161 (2014.02); A61M 2039/0267 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); F16L 53/38 (2018.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical tube assembly comprising:
a medical tube comprising:
one or more wires provided within a wire-containing elongate member, the wire-containing elongate member having a tail at an end of the wire-containing elongate member, wherein the tail comprises an exposed portion and wherein the one or more wires are exposed in the exposed portion; and
a connector comprising:
a body;
a printed circuit board comprising attachment features, wherein the exposed portion of the one or more wires is configured to be soldered to the attachment features, and alignment features,
wherein at least one of the attachment features comprises an attachment notch, the attachment notch comprising a cutout on a peripheral edge of the printed circuit board, and the attachment notch being at least partially surrounded by a solder pad.