US 12,296,136 B2
Corrugated medical tubing system having fitting with anti-tamper sleeve
Dean W. Rivest, Oxford, PA (US); David R. Elder, Liberty, PA (US); and Andrew Moore, Coatesville, PA (US)
Assigned to OMEGA FLEX, INC., Middletown, CT (US)
Appl. No. 16/961,155
Filed by Omega Flex, Inc., Middletown, CT (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/012635
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/143497, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/619,186, filed on Jan. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398038 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 39/12 (2006.01); F16L 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/1011 (2013.01) [A61M 39/12 (2013.01); F16L 25/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1033 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fitting for use with metal, corrugated medical tubing having peaks and valleys, the fitting comprising:
a nut configured to receive the tubing;
a sealing member for placement in a valley of the tubing, the sealing member including a sealing surface;
an adaptor configured to engage the nut, the adaptor including an adaptor sealing surface; and
an anti-tamper sleeve configured to encompass the nut and adaptor;
wherein upon assembly, the tubing is compressed between the adaptor sealing surface and the sealing surface of the sealing member;
wherein the anti-tamper sleeve is press-fit over the adaptor and nut via an interference fit between a retaining surface of the adaptor and an inner diameter of the anti-tamper sleeve.