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Injection site having thermoplastically sealed injection port
Assignee: Baxter International Inc
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Filing: 1978-10-10
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Granted: 1980-09-02
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Expires: 1998-10-10
Abstract
Abstract Injection sites are provided for injecting substances such as medicaments into systems that are feeding parenteral fluid to a patient, which injection sites have injection ports that are thermoplastically sealed into the injection site in a manner that is simpler, faster, less expensive, and more readily automated than other assemblies. The assembly includes a vibratory energy seal of the non-thermoplastic port within a countersunk thermoplastic seat.
Inventors
- 👤 Elvis E. Adams
Bibliographic Details
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US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 10:47
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M39/00; A61M39/02; A61M39/04; B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/08; B29C65/48; B29C65/50; B29C65/5042; B29C65/56; B29C65/567; B29C65/568; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/12; B29C66/122; B29C66/1222; B29C66/1224; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/53; B29C66/534; B29C66/5344; B29C66/61; B29C66/612; B29C66/80; B29C66/81; B29C66/814; B29C66/8141; B29C66/81427; B29C66/83; B29C66/832; B29C66/8322; B29C65/4805; B29C65/481; B29C65/4815; B29C65/562; B29C66/13; B29C66/131; B29C66/135; B29C66/70; B29C66/71; B29C66/81411; B29C66/81421; B29C66/81423
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
245 words
An injection site for a parenteral fluid delivery system, comprising: an injection branch of the injection site having a main bore therethrough, said main bore having an outside end and a fluid outlet; an elastomeric injection port plug having an outside surface including an outside surface of a wall penetrable by a hypodermic needle, said port plug having an annular outwardly projecting boss, said annular outwardly projecting boss being spaced from said outside surface to form an annular step between said outside surface and said boss of the port plug; a fluid passageway branch of the injection site, said fluid passageway branch having a passageway that opens into said main bore of the injection branch at a location between said injection port plug and said fluid outlet of the main bore of the injection branch; a thermoplastic seat at said outside end of said main bore of the injection branch, said seat being generally complementary to the outside surface of said injection port plug and said injection port plug being within said seat; and said seat having a seal overlying said annular step of the port plug for encapsulation of said injection port plug except for at least part of said outside surface of the plug, said seat seal being formed by a horn for imparting vibratory energy to said outside end of the main bore of the injection branch, said seat seal including substantially the entirety of said outside end of the main bore.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
245 words
An injection site for a parenteral fluid delivery system, comprising: an injection branch of the injection site having a main bore therethrough, said main bore having an outside end and a fluid outlet; an elastomeric injection port plug having an outside surface including an outside surface of a wall penetrable by a hypodermic needle, said port plug having an annular outwardly projecting boss, said annular outwardly projecting boss being spaced from said outside surface to form an annular step between said outside surface and said boss of the port plug; a fluid passageway branch of the injection site, said fluid passageway branch having a passageway that opens into said main bore of the injection branch at a location between said injection port plug and said fluid outlet of the main bore of the injection branch; a thermoplastic seat at said outside end of said main bore of the injection branch, said seat being generally complementary to the outside surface of said injection port plug and said injection port plug being within said seat; and said seat having a seal overlying said annular step of the port plug for encapsulation of said injection port plug except for at least part of said outside surface of the plug, said seat seal being formed by a horn for imparting vibratory energy to said outside end of the main bore of the injection branch, said seat seal including substantially the entirety of said outside end of the main bore.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The injection site of claim 1, wherein said seat includes a countersink of the outside end of said main bore, said countersink being for receiving said boss of the injection port plug.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The injection site of claim 1, wherein said seat seal is a swaged seal overlying said annular outwardly projecting boss of the elastomeric injection port plug.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The injection site of claim 1, wherein said seat seal is a swaged seal overlying said annular outwardly projecting boss and a circumferential edge of said outside surface of the elastomeric injection port plug.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
81 words
The injection site of claim 1, wherein said seat seal includes a ring partially overlying said annular outwardly projecting boss of the elastomeric injection port plug, said seat includes a countersink of the outside end of said main bore, said countersink being for receiving said boss of the injection port plug, said coountersink includes a second countersink therein for receiving said ring, and said seat seal is a vibratory energy butt and shear bond of the ring to said second countersink.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
243 words
In an improved parenteral fluid delivery system including a parenteral fluid storage container; a needle; an injection site having an parenteral fluid inlet, an injection branch having a main bore therethrough for passing a supplementary fluid into the injection site, and a fluid outlet opening into both the parenteral fluid inlet and the branch; and tubing communicating the storage container with the parenteral fluid inlet and communicating the fluid outlet with the needle; the improvement comprising: an elastomeric injection port plug having an outside surface including an outside surface of a wall penetrable by a hypodermic needle, said port plug having an annular outwardly projecting boss, said annular outwardly projecting boss being spaced from said outside surface to form an annular step between said outside surface and said boss of the port plug; a thermoplastic seat at the outside end of said main bore of the injection branch, said seat being generally complementary to the outside surface of said injection port plug and said injection port plug being within said seat; and said seat having a seal overlying said annular step of the port plug for encapsulation of said injection port plug except for at least part of said outside surface of the plug, said seat seal being formed by a horn for imparting vibratory energy to said outside end of the main bore of the injection branch, said seat seal including substantially the entirety of said outside end of the main bore.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
243 words
In an improved parenteral fluid delivery system including a parenteral fluid storage container; a needle; an injection site having an parenteral fluid inlet, an injection branch having a main bore therethrough for passing a supplementary fluid into the injection site, and a fluid outlet opening into both the parenteral fluid inlet and the branch; and tubing communicating the storage container with the parenteral fluid inlet and communicating the fluid outlet with the needle; the improvement comprising: an elastomeric injection port plug having an outside surface including an outside surface of a wall penetrable by a hypodermic needle, said port plug having an annular outwardly projecting boss, said annular outwardly projecting boss being spaced from said outside surface to form an annular step between said outside surface and said boss of the port plug; a thermoplastic seat at the outside end of said main bore of the injection branch, said seat being generally complementary to the outside surface of said injection port plug and said injection port plug being within said seat; and said seat having a seal overlying said annular step of the port plug for encapsulation of said injection port plug except for at least part of said outside surface of the plug, said seat seal being formed by a horn for imparting vibratory energy to said outside end of the main bore of the injection branch, said seat seal including substantially the entirety of said outside end of the main bore.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The parenteral fluid delivery system of claim 6, wherein said seat includes a countersink of the outside end of said main bore, said countersink being for receiving said boss of the injection port plug.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The parenteral fluid delivery system of claim 6, wherein said seat seal is a swaged seal overlying said annular outwardly projecting boss of the elastomeric injection port plug.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
The parenteral fluid delivery system of claim 6, wherein said seat seal is a swaged seal overlying said annular outwardly projecting boss and a circumferential edge of said outside surface of the elastomeric injection port plug.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
83 words
The parenteral fluid delivery system of claim 6, wherein said seat seal includes a ring partially overlying said annular outwardly projecting boss of the elastomeric injection port plug, said seat includes a countersink of the outside end of said main bore, said countersink being for receiving said boss of the injection port plug, said countersink includes a second countersink therein for receiving said ring, and said seat seal is a vibratory energy butt and shear bond of the ring to said second countersink.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
197 words
A method of constructing injection sites for patenteral fluid delivery systems, comprising: providing an elastomer injection port plug member with an outside surface of a wall penetrable by a hypodermic needle and with an outwardly extending annular boss spaced from said outside surface to form an annular step between said outside surface and said boss; forming a thermoplastic seat within an injection branch of an injection site having a main bore with an outside end and a fluid outlet therethrough and having a fluid passageway branch opening into said main bore at a location between said injection port plug member and said fluid outlet, said seat being generally complementary to the outside surface of the injection port plug member; inserting the injection port plug member into the thermoplastic seat; and encapsulating the injection port plug member except for at least part of the outside surface of the plug member, said encapsulating step including imparting vibratory energy to the outside end of the main bore of the injection branch until said outside end overlies the annular step of the port plug and until said seat seal includes substantially tne entirety of said outside end of the main bore.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
197 words
A method of constructing injection sites for patenteral fluid delivery systems, comprising: providing an elastomer injection port plug member with an outside surface of a wall penetrable by a hypodermic needle and with an outwardly extending annular boss spaced from said outside surface to form an annular step between said outside surface and said boss; forming a thermoplastic seat within an injection branch of an injection site having a main bore with an outside end and a fluid outlet therethrough and having a fluid passageway branch opening into said main bore at a location between said injection port plug member and said fluid outlet, said seat being generally complementary to the outside surface of the injection port plug member; inserting the injection port plug member into the thermoplastic seat; and encapsulating the injection port plug member except for at least part of the outside surface of the plug member, said encapsulating step including imparting vibratory energy to the outside end of the main bore of the injection branch until said outside end overlies the annular step of the port plug and until said seat seal includes substantially tne entirety of said outside end of the main bore.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said step of forming a thermoplastic seat includes countersinking the outside end of the main bore to a circumference equal to or less than the circumference of the boss of the injection port plug member.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said encapsulating step includes swaging the outside end of the thermoplastic seat over the boss of the injection port plug member.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said encapsulating step includes swaging the outside end of the thermoplastic seat over the boss and over a circumferential edge of the outside surface of the injection port plug member.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
88 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said step of forming a thermoplastic seat includes first countersinking the outside end of the main bore to a circumference equal to or less than the circumference of the boss of the plug member and further countersinking the outside end of the first countersink to a circumference greater than the first countersink, wherein said inserting step includes locating a ring to partially overlie the boss, and wherein said encapsulating step includes butt bonding and shear bonding the ring to the further countersink.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said encapsulating step includes compressing the boss of the elastomeric plug member to enhance sealing between the seat and the plug member.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 11, further comprising solvent bonding the injection site to tubing for parenteral fluid delivery systems.
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