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

Claim 8:
9. 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;

a first angled surface disposed in axially-adjacent relation to said first plurality of resiliently flexible members; and
a second angled surface disposed in axially-adjacent relation to said second plurality of resiliently flexible members;
wherein upon urging by said second valve, said first plurality of resiliently flexible members move axially toward said first angled surface to receive said first angled surface within said first internal space while urging said first plurality of resiliently flexible members to flex about said angled surface toward said flexed condition; and
wherein upon urging by said first valve, said second plurality of resiliently flexible members move axially toward said second angled surface to receive said second angled surface within said second internal space while urging said second plurality of resiliently flexible members to flex about said second angled surface toward said flexed condition.