US 12,318,569 B2
Sterile connector
Stefan Miltenyi, Bergisch Gladbach (DE); Winfried Schimmelpfennig, Teterow (DE); and Carlo Pannen, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Assigned to Miltenyi Biotec B.V. &Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Filed by Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,753.
Application 18/122,753 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/123,068, filed on Sep. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,633,584.
Claims priority of application No. 17192004 (EP), filed on Sep. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241368 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 39/18 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 39/14 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/18 (2013.01) [A61M 39/14 (2013.01); B01L 3/563 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1027 (2013.01); F16L 2201/44 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising: a first part and a second part, each provided with:
a contact surface and at least one non-contact surface facing away from the contact surface;
at least one opening in the contact surface having a fluid connection to at least one opening of the non-contact surface;
a releasable covering comprising a sheet of flexible material which is adhered to the contact surface by a fold in the sheet of flexible material, wherein the sheet of flexible material covers the opening in the contact surface;
complementary means for mechanically coupling the parts at the contact surfaces to form the connector; and
wherein the sheet of flexible material is adhered to the contact surface with a temporary adhesive, and removed by pulling the fold away prior to mechanically coupling the first and the second parts, and characterized in that the openings of the first and second parts are not located in a rotational axis defined by a centre of counter-rotation of the first and second parts during coupling; and
a medical tubing set, comprising at least one freeze bag coupled to the connector and at least one tube, wherein the at least one freeze bag comprises at least one recess into which the connector is inserted, with the freeze bag and connector in fluid communication within the recess, to accommodate at least one connector.