Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gasket with multi-leaflet valve for surgical port apparatus
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Application No.: US15917126Application Date: 2018-03-09
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Publication No.: US11213316B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Anthony Maiorano , Jeffrey C. Cerier , Jake Ganem
- Applicant: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
- Current Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61M39/02 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A gasket for creating a fluid seal in a medical device includes a flexible base, a flexible hollow body, and a multi-leaflet valve. The flexible hollow body extends along an axis from a hole defined in the flexible base. The flexible hollow body is configured to have a relaxed state in which a cross section of the flexible hollow body has a first shape and a compressed state in which the cross section of the flexible hollow body has a second shape. The multi-leaflet valve is disposed in the flexible hollow body. The compressed state causes the multi-leaflet valve to close to increase (a) a first threshold force or a first threshold pressure differential needed to open the multi-leaflet valve in a distal direction and (b) a second threshold force or a second threshold pressure differential needed to open the multi-leaflet valve in a proximal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190274727A1 Gasket with Multi-leaflet Valve for Surgical Port Apparatus Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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