Connection Retention Assembly Patent Application by Raymond Feith
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260108717A1, filed by Raymond P. Feith on October 18, 2024, covering a connection retention assembly for medical device connectors. The assembly uses a clamp component with a clip member engaging a mating groove to secure first and second connectors together while allowing removal upon application of separating force. The application includes CPC classifications in the A61M medical device category.
“The second component can be removable from the central bore upon exertion of a separating force that dislodges the engagement member from the mating groove of the second component.”
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USPTO classification A61M covers devices that introduce or withdraw fluids from the body: infusion pumps, catheters, syringes, inhalers, wound drainage, dialysis equipment, and fluid-handling microfluidics. Every newly published application in A61M lands in this feed, around 205 a month. Applications publish 18 months after filing. Watch this if you compete in infusion therapy or drug delivery, file freedom-to-operate analyses for medical device startups, scout acquisition targets in cardiovascular or respiratory devices, or track hospital R&D arms that are quietly patenting clinical innovations.
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USPTO published patent application US20260108717A1 for a connection retention assembly发明 by Raymond P. Feith, covering a connector system where a clip component restricts longitudinal movement within a slot in the first connector and engages a mating groove in the second connector to secure an engaged configuration. The second connector can be removed upon exertion of a separating force that dislodges the engagement member from the mating groove. Medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies involved in connector or fluid-line systems should monitor this application for potential licensing or design-around implications once the patent proceeds to grant.
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CONNECTION RETENTION ASSEMBLY
Application US20260108717A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
Raymond P. FEITH
Abstract
A connector assembly can serve to couple first and second connectors using a clamp component. The first connector can have a central bore, an outer surface, and a slot extending radially inwardly from the outer surface to the bore. The slot can be configured to receive at least a portion of the clip component therein for restricting longitudinal movement of the clip relative to the first component. The second component can have a mating groove configured to engage with the engagement member of the clip component when the second component is positioned in the central bore of the first component for securing the second component in an engaged configuration relative to the first component. The second component can be removable from the central bore upon exertion of a separating force that dislodges the engagement member from the mating groove of the second component.
CPC Classifications
A61M 39/1011 A61M 5/1413 A61M 25/0097 A61M 2207/00
Filing Date
2024-10-18
Application No.
18920685
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