Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use

AHUMAN NECESSITIES A61Medical science A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR

A61M39/00Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use

A61M39/02Access sites A61M39/0208Subcutaneous access sites for injecting or removing fluids A61M39/0247Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body A61M39/04having pierceable self-sealing members A61M39/045pre-slit to be pierced by blunt instrument A61M39/06Haemostasis valves A61M39/0606without means for adjusting the seal opening or pressure A61M39/0613with means for adjusting the seal opening or pressure A61M39/0693including means for seal penetration A61M39/08Tubes Storage means specially adapted therefor A61M39/10Tube connectors Tube couplings A61M39/1011Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties A61M39/105Multi-channel connectors or couplings A61M39/1055Rotating or swivel joints A61M39/12for joining a flexible tube to a rigid attachment A61M39/14for connecting tubes having sealed ends A61M39/143both tube ends being sealed by meltable membranes pierced after connection by use of heat A61M39/146by cutting and welding A61M39/16having provision for disinfection or sterilisation A61M39/162with antiseptic agent incorporated within the connector A61M39/165Shrouds or protectors for aseptically enclosing the connector A61M39/18Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions A61M39/20Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes A61M39/22Valves or arrangement of valves A61M39/221Frangible or pierceable closures within tubing A61M39/223Multiway valves A61M39/225Flush valves A61M39/227Valves actuated by a secondary fluid A61M39/228with a tubular diaphragm constrictable by radial fluid force A61M39/24Check- or non-return valves A61M39/26Valves closing automatically on disconnecting the line and opening on reconnection thereof A61M39/28Clamping means for squeezing flexible tubes A61M39/281Automatic tube cut-off devices A61M39/283Screw clamps A61M39/284Lever clamps A61M39/285Cam clamps A61M39/286Wedge clamps A61M39/287Wedge formed by a slot having varying width A61M39/288by bending or twisting the tube