Chest drain connector

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. US12472341B2.

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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:	18 November 2025
Identifiers:	Number Type US12472341B2 Patent 2532662 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	25 Nov 2025 10:26
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2025 10:26
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/54798

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