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US 12,296,155 · App. 18/398,099 · Granted May 13, 2025

Fluid management systems and methods

Inventors: Benjamin T. Lorman (Solon, OH); Matthew R. Biats (Chardon, OH); Paul A. Marijan (Parma Heights, OH); Jeffrey P. Minnich (Elyria, OH)
Assignee: Stryker Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,296,155
App. No.
18/398,099
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressure regulator includes a first chamber having an inlet opening for fluidly connecting to a first pressure source; a second chamber having an outlet opening for supplying a regulated pressure to a regulated site; a third chamber having a pressure opening for connecting to a second pressure source; and a flexible membrane fluidly isolating the third chamber from both of the first and second chambers, wherein the flexible membrane is movable by the pressure source between a first position in which the flexible membrane fluidly isolates the first chamber from the second chamber and a second position in which the first and second chambers are fluidly connected.

Claims (25)

1. A pressure regulator, comprising:

a first chamber having an inlet opening for fluidly connecting to a first pressure source;

a second chamber having an outlet opening for supplying a regulated pressure to a regulated site;

a third chamber having a pressure opening for fluidly connecting to a second pressure source; and

a flexible membrane fluidly isolating the third chamber from both of the first and second chambers, wherein the flexible membrane is movable by the second pressure source between a first position in which the flexible membrane fluidly isolates the first chamber from the second chamber and a second position in which the first and second chambers are fluidly connected, wherein liquid from the regulated site passes through the pressure regulator.

2. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the flexible membrane defines a portion of each of the first, second, and third chambers.

3. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the third chamber further comprises a sensing opening for connecting to a pressure sensor that is configured to sense a pressure supplied by the second pressure source.

4. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , further comprising a housing that defines the first, second, and third chambers.

5. The pressure regulator of claim 4 , wherein the housing comprises a first component that forms the first and second chambers and a second component that forms the third chamber.

6. The pressure regulator of claim 4 , wherein the housing is made of polycarbonate.

7. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the flexible membrane is made of at least one of neoprene, silicone, natural rubber, nitrile, or EPDM.

8. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the flexible membrane is configured to move to the second position and allow the regulated pressure supplied through the outlet opening of the second chamber to be between about 10 mmHg and about 30 mmHg greater than a pressure provided by the second pressure source through the pressure opening and into the third chamber.

9. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein at least one wall is positioned between the first and second chambers, and wherein the flexible membrane engages the at least one wall when in the first position and disengages the at least one wall when in the second position.

10. The pressure regulator of claim 9 , wherein the at least one wall comprises a plurality of openings that fluidly connect the first and second chambers when the flexible membrane is in the second position.

11. The pressure regulator of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of openings are configured to prevent the flexible membrane from rupturing due to over-extrusion.

12. The pressure regulator of claim 10 , wherein a total combined surface area of the plurality of openings is greater than or equal to an inner cross-sectional area of a tube that connects the inlet opening of the first chamber to the first pressure source.

13. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein adjustments to pressure of the second pressure source can regulate the regulated pressure supplied to the regulated site.

14. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , further comprising a hydrophobic filter disposed between the flexible membrane and the pressure opening of the third chamber.

15. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the inlet opening of the first chamber is configured to fluidly connect to an external waste collector.

16. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the regulated pressure is a positive gauge pressure.

17. The pressure regulator of claim 16 , wherein the pressure regulator is configured such that, when supplying the positive gauge pressure to the regulated site, a pressure supplied by the first pressure source to the first chamber is a negative gauge pressure.

18. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the regulated pressure is a negative gauge pressure.

19. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the pressure regulator is configured to supply the regulated pressure to the regulated site when a pressure supplied by the first pressure source to the first chamber is unregulated.

20. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the pressure regulator is configured such that, when supplying the regulated pressure to the regulated site, a pressure in the first chamber is lower than a pressure in the third chamber and the pressure in the third chamber is greater than the regulated pressure.

21. The pressure regulator of claim 1 , wherein the pressure opening of the third chamber is configured to fluidly connect to a second pressure source having an adjustable pressure setpoint for modulating pressure provided by the second pressure source.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: STRYKER CORPORATION
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069737/0184 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17168829 · Feb 5, 2021
Continuation 17091670 · Nov 6, 2020
Related Publication 20240123161A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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