US 12,078,273 B2
Tubing connectors
Olivier Flick, Molsheim (FR); Robert Langlois, Groton, MA (US); James Vigna, Tyngsborough, MA (US); Christine Crequy, Molsheim (FR); and Thomas Coton, Illkirch-Graffenstaden (FR)
Assigned to Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/997,399
Filed by Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt (DE)
PCT Filed May 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062912
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/233798, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20305526 (EP), filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220933 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 33/207 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 33/2078 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flow path comprising:
at least one flexible tube;
a barb adapter inserted into an interior cavity of the at least one flexible tube to form a connection between the at least one flexible tube to an inlet or an outlet;
two semi-circular half clamps encircling an exterior of the connection;
a plurality of teeth on an interior surface of the half clamps;
a locating groove on the interior surface of the half clamps;
at least one ear clamp securing the half clamps around the connection; and
a sealing edge on the interior of the half clamps to radially compress an exterior surface of the at least one flexible tube.