US 11,944,767 B2
Wire lock assembly
Bradley R. Doepker, Troy, OH (US); Michelle D. Martinez, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Tyler Evans McLawhorn, Winston-Salem, NC (US); John C. Sigmon, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US); Shaun Gittard, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Michael Brecht, Salisbury, NC (US); and Maximiliano Soetermans, Pinnacle, NC (US)
Assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/593,000.
Application 17/593,000 is a continuation of application No. 15/584,162, filed on May 2, 2017, granted, now 11,253,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/490,958, filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/331,083, filed on May 3, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152360 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09041 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 17/12013 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09125 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire lock assembly for an access port of an elongate medical tube, comprising
a body having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a central opening disposed therethrough,
and at least one seal supported within the interior surface of the body in communication with the central opening, the seal comprising a passageway therethrough,
wherein the interior surface of the body defines a non-linear pathway in communication with the central opening for securing one or more medical devices, the non-linear pathway of the interior surface is defined by a plurality of bends positioned to distribute a force applied to at least one of the one or more medical devices secured within the non-linear pathway such that the at least one of one or more medical devices is automatically locked in position, wherein the at least one of the one or more medical devices traverses the entire non-linear pathway, and wherein the one or more medical devices assumes the non-linear pathway by bending.