Chest drain connector

Breedon, P; Beed, M; Wright, J; Siena, L; Meeks, J

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Chest drain connector

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Breedon, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1006-0942, Beed, M, Wright, J, Siena, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-7365 and Meeks, J, 2025. Chest drain connector. US20250262421A1.

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Abstract

A breakaway chest drain connector, which includes a first part having an inlet for connecting to an upstream portion of a chest drain tube, a one-way valve and a first flange surrounding the one-way valve; and a second part having an outlet for connecting to a downstream portion of the chest tube, a second flange and a hollow protrusion, the second flange surrounding the hollow protrusion. The second part is connectable to the first part by securing the first flange to the second flange such that the hollow protrusion passes through the one-way valve to form an uninterrupted fluid flow passage from the inlet through the hollow protrusion and the outlet along a longitudinal axis of the connector. The first and second flanges are separable by applying a longitudinal separation force above a defined threshold separation force.

Item Type:	Patent/Published patent application
Creators:	Breedon, P., Beed, M., Wright, J., Siena, L. and Meeks, J.
Date:	21 August 2025
Identifiers:	Number Type US20250262421A1 Patent 2524000 Other
Rights:	This Application is a Section 371 National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/GB2023/051851, filed Jul. 14, 2023, and published as WO 2024/013512 A1 on Jan. 18, 2024, in English, which claims priority to and the benefit of Great Britain Patent Application No. 2210372.5, filed Jul. 14, 2022, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	13 Nov 2025 09:56
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2025 11:56
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/54723