COUPLING DEVICE FOR A MEDICAL PUMP
The present invention relates to a coupling device for medical pumps, in particular for insufflation pumps for endoscopy, by means of which several tube connections can be closed at the same time. On the insufflator side, the coupling device comprises a sleeve-shaped element with insufflation pistons as connecting elements and a tube set compatible with the sleeve-shaped element for connecting a plurality of tubes, wherein the tube set has a plurality of hollow cylinders.
1 . A tube connection device for connecting n tubes, through which a gas flows, with an insufflator, where n is one to five,
wherein a sleeve-shaped element is formed on the insufflator side,
wherein the sleeve-shaped element has n insufflation pistons as connecting elements in the region of the sleeve base,
wherein the n insufflation pistons as connecting elements protrude from the sleeve base by means of spring tension and can be pressed towards the sleeve base by the pressure from the tubes, whereby the surface of the insufflation pistons is flush with the sleeve base when the tube connection is made,
wherein a resilient sealing element is arranged between each connecting element and each tube, wherein one or more latching elements are arranged in the region of the sleeve opening, which ensure that the tubes engage and lock the tube connection,
wherein connecting elements are arranged on the tube side which are compatible with the connecting elements of the sleeve base,
wherein an element compatible with the sleeve-shaped element has n hollow cylinders as a tube set to which the n tubes are connected so as to ensure a fluid connection of all n tubes to the insufflator.
2 . The tube connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the number of tubes n is two to five.
3 . The tube connection device of n tubes through which a gas flows with an insufflator according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient sealing element is either a component of the insufflation flask as a connecting element or a component of the tube-side connecting elements.