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US 12,596,232 · App. 17/512,501 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Systems and methods including procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices

Inventors: Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City, UT); Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, UT); William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, UT)
Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
G02B6/3817A61B46/00G02B6/3882
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Patent No.
US 12,596,232
App. No.
17/512,501
Filed
Oct 27, 2021
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2874
USPC
385/60
Abstract

Procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices, as well as systems and methods thereof, for establishing portals in procedural barriers are disclosed. For example, a connection-establishing device can include a cap and an extension arm. The cap is configured to sit over a protruding portion of a first medical device with a procedural barrier between the connection-establishing device and the first medical device. The extension arm is configured to push a male connector of a second medical device through the procedural barrier and into a female connector of the first medical device with the extension arm, which establishes one or more functional connections across the procedural barrier between the second medical device and the first medical device. An exemplary method for the connection-establishing device includes a cap-placing step, an articulating step, and a functional connection-establishing step for establishing the one-or-more functional connections.

Claims (11)

1 . A connection system, comprising:

a male connector including:

a base including a longitudinal through hole having a terminal opening configured for holding therein a ferrule including an optical fiber;

external threads around the base; and

opposing wings about a portion of the base opposite the terminal opening configured for turning the male connector by hand along a longitudinal axis thereof; and

a female connector including:

a receptacle including a longitudinal through hole having an internal opening configured for holding therein a second ferrule including a second optical fiber; and

internal threads around the receptacle complementary with the external threads of the male connector, the male connector and the female connector configured to establish an optical connection between the optical fiber of the male connector and the second optical fiber of the female connector when the optical fiber and the second optical fiber are respectively held in the male connector and the female connector.

2 . The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the external threads around the base of the male connector and the internal threads around the receptacle of the female connector are electrically conductive, the male connector and the female connector configured to establish an electrical connection between a conductive wire of the male connector and a second conductive wire of the female connector when the conductive wire and a second conductive wire are respectively held in the male connector and the female connector and connected to the internal threads and the external threads.

3 . The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the external threads around the base of the male connector include a cutting edge configured to cut through a procedural barrier when the male connector is placed against the procedural barrier and turned by hand along the longitudinal axis thereof.

4 . The connection system of claim 1 , wherein the base of the male connector and the receptacle of the female connector are complementarily tapered.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63106809 · Oct 28, 2020
Related Publication 20220128770A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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