US 12,465,742 B2
Breakaway connector
Spencer A. Jones, Conway, AR (US); Vance Clement, Fayetteville, AR (US); and Will Armstrong, Fayetteville, AR (US)
Assigned to Site Saver, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US)
Filed by Site Saver, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,391.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,020, filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040378 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 39/26 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 39/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/146 (2013.01) [A61M 39/24 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1005 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1061 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1072 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breakaway connector device for attachment to a needle-free fitting having a seal, comprising:
a housing including a channel;
a breakaway component detachably secured to the housing and configured for attachment to the needle-free fitting;
a valve; and
an axially moveable cannula disposed in the channel, the cannula including a first end and a second end,
wherein the cannula is positioned to open the seal in the needle-free fitting at the first end when the needle-free fitting is attached to the breakaway component,
wherein the cannula is configured to open the valve at the second end when the needle-free fitting is attached to the breakaway component,
wherein the breakaway component is configured to detach from the housing when a threshold tensile force is applied to the device, and
wherein the cannula is configured to close both the valve and the seal on the needle-free fitting when the breakaway component detaches from the housing.