Patent ID: 8534328
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A61M,B60K

Abstract:
1. An adapter for establishing fluid communication between an anesthetic agent container and an anesthetic vaporizer, the adapter comprising: a spout having an internal passage therethrough for receiving a stem-like conduit, and an external surface, the spout having a first end and a second end; and a seal comprising a sleeve, the sleeve having a sleeve internal surface disposed about the external surface of the spout, the sleeve having a first end and a second end coupled to the external surface of the spout, the first end depending a first distance longitudinally beyond the first end of the spout in a first, disengaged state, and the first end depending a second distance smaller than the first distance longitudinally beyond the first end of the spout in a second, engaged state, the sleeve internal surface spaced in part from the external surface of the spout in the engaged state, wherein in the second, engaged state, the sleeve is adapted to contact an inner surface of vaporizer port of the anesthetic vaporizer to limit the passage of fluid therebetween.