US 12,274,461 B2
Adjustable interface device for connecting components of a medical device
Genevieve Messina, Mesa, AZ (US); and Alexander Palmer, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/761,636
Filed by Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052936
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/061119, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330963 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/22012 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22018 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable interface device for connecting two components of a medical device, comprising:
an elongate body having a first end, a second end, an interior channel, and a side wall that surrounds the interior channel, the interior channel configured to extend between the first end and the second end, the elongate body having a longitudinal axis that longitudinally extends through the interior channel, the side wall configured to define a first connector portion adjacent the second end, the first connector portion having an annular recess, the first connector portion configured to attach to a respective one of the two components of the medical device;
an elongate member having a head end portion and a shaft portion that longitudinally extends from the head end portion, the shaft portion being located at least partially in the interior channel of the elongate body, the shaft portion configured to slidably move axially along the longitudinal axis to adjust a length of the adjustable interface device, the head end portion defining a second connector portion configured to attach to the other of the two components of the medical device; and
an adapter having a threaded end portion and a snap-fit end portion, the snap-fit end portion having an annular protrusion configured for engagement with the annular recess of the first connector portion of the elongate body.