US 12,263,320 B2
Percutaneous access pathway system and method
Ross I. Donaldson, Lawndale, CA (US)
Assigned to Critical Innovations LLC, Lawndale, CA (US)
Filed by Critical Innovations, LLC, Lawndale, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,402.
Application 18/526,402 is a continuation of application No. 17/247,466, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,865,281.
Application 17/247,466 is a continuation of application No. 16/015,586, filed on Jun. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,864,356.
Application 16/015,586 is a continuation of application No. 14/581,339, filed on Dec. 23, 2014, granted, now 10,046,147, issued on Aug. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/920,963, filed on Dec. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100309 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/40 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 27/00 (2013.01) [A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61M 1/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3409 (2013.01); A61B 90/40 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2210/101 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for adjusting and/or replacing a chest tube after initial insertion into a body of a patient, comprising:
an access pathway port configured to maintain a barrier between an internal portion of the body and an external environment when in a closed position; and
an attachment device configured to at least partially contain a chest tube, the attachment device being connectable to the access pathway port and configured to allow the access pathway port to open,
wherein the access pathway port and the attachment device cooperate to only allow the access pathway port to open at the time that the attachment device is attached to the access pathway port and automatically prohibit disconnection of the attachment device from the access pathway port when the access pathway port is open.