Patent ID: 11883624
Assignee: WILMARC HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of making a connector system for releasably connecting tubes, comprising:
providing first and second valves;
biasing said first and second valves with corresponding first and second resiliently flexible members, said first resiliently flexible member comprising a first plurality of resiliently flexible members which dispose in circumferentially spaced-apart relation to define a first internal space therebetween, said second resiliently flexible member comprising a second plurality of resiliently flexible members which dispose in circumferentially spaced-apart relation to define a second internal space therebetween;
wherein:
in a non-flexed condition, said first resiliently flexible member biases said first valve toward a first valve closed position;
in a non-flexed condition, said second resiliently flexible member biases said second valve toward a second valve closed position;
in a flexed condition, said first resiliently flexible member allows said first valve to travel toward a first valve open position to provide a first passageway open condition; and
in a flexed condition, said second resiliently flexible member allows said second valve to travel toward a second valve open position to provide a second passageway open condition;

wherein said first and second valves abuttingly engage to dispose first and second passageways in fluidic communication to provide a fluid flow path.