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AU599423B2 - Two-piece coupling device for fluid exchange - Google Patents
AU599423B2
AU599423B2 AU79072/87A AU7907287A AU599423B2 AU 599423 B2 AU599423 B2 AU 599423B2 AU 79072/87 A AU79072/87 A AU 79072/87A AU 7907287 A AU7907287 A AU 7907287A AU 599423 B2 AU599423 B2 AU 599423B2
AU79072/87A
AU7907287A (en
1987-09-29 Application filed by CONTEMPO PRODUCTS P HERRLI filed Critical CONTEMPO PRODUCTS P HERRLI
1988-03-31 Publication of AU7907287A publication Critical patent/AU7907287A/en
1990-07-19 Publication of AU599423B2 publication Critical patent/AU599423B2/en
239000000385 Dialysis Solutions Substances 0 description 14
238000010168 coupling process Methods 0 claims description title 104
238000005859 coupling reaction Methods 0 claims description title 104
238000000502 dialysis Methods 0 claims description 10
)_.AUSTRALIA 4 Patents Act COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Class It. Class Application Number: Lodgedt Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: nIF~S' Priority 43 Related Art: APPLICANT'S REFERENCE: 77.832/Sh/mf Name(s) of Applicant(s): Contempo Products, P. Herrli 00 Addresso(es) of Applicant(s): Alpenstrasse 2502 Biel, Canton of Berne,
Address for Service is: PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys 367 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 AUSTRALIA Complete Specification for the invention entitled: TWO-PIECE COUPLING DEVICE FOR FLUID EXCHANGE Our Ref t 69080 POP Codes 1135/64650 The following statement is a full description of this invention, Including the best method of performing it known to applicant(s): 6003q/1.-- Jp I_ I_ C i; TWO-PIECE COUPLING DEVICE FOR FLUID EXCHANGE This invention relates to connectors, and more particularly to a two-piece coupling device for the exchange of liquid or gaseous media, of the type having a first and a second coupling part with one flow duct each, the two coupling parts being detachable from one another, and one hose line each being connected in the region of their outer ends.
Such a two-piece coupling device is used particularly in a system for carrying out the ambulatory dialytic withdrawal of metabolic products excreted by the damaged kidneys of a patient. In such a-case, waste dialysis solution is drained out of the patient's peritoneal cavity, and fresh dialysis solution is thereafter introduced into the cavity.
Ambulatory peritoneal dialysis can be carried out by a kidney pao tient himself twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, without in- 00 Soo terruption, with CAPD at least four times a day. The fresh solue tion to be introduced into the patient's peritoneal cavity has a volume oZ 'o of at least two liters. The waste solution is drained into an empty bag.
a0 0 By means of ambulatory dialysis, metabolic substanzes secreted by the @0a patient's damaged kidneys are i'emoved from his body, and during the exchange cycles he can go on with his usual daily activity.
In the system for carrying out peritoneal dialysis, the catheter o 00 o0 (usually a Tenckhoff catheter) and the connecting tube joined to it convey the waste dialysis solution in one direction and the fresh dialysis o oo s a solution in the opposite direction. The coupling device is connected into this system. The course of operatiors when the dialysis solution is ,,oo exchanged is olways that the waste solution is drained out of the pao o0 *o tient's peritoneal cavity first, and then the fresh solution flows in the S@ opposite direction through the same catheter and tubing system.
In order to prevent the problem of the spread of contamination by bacterial germs in the apparatus used for peritoneal dialysis, a CAPD- Safe-Lock 5B has been developed by Fresenius AG of Oberurstel, West -lAmul..~- Germany. In the first coupling part of this two-piece coupling device, in which the catheter or its extension piece terminates, a flow duct is formed in which a spring-biased valve is accommodated. The second coupling part, in which both the tube for supplying fresh dialysis solution and the tube for draining off the waste solution are accommodated, is designed to be screwed to the first coupling part and locked by means of a bayonet system.
In the first bayonet position, a quantity of fresh dialysis solution flows around the connection parts and is then drained off into the tube for waste solution. In the second bayonet position, the springbiased valve is pressed down from its seat position by the projecting end port'on of the supply tube, so that the waste solution can be drained out of the patient's peritoneal cavity into the tube provided for that puro e« pose; during this time, the opening of the end portion of the supply tube e0o o remains closed by the valve. In the third bayonet position, the valve is oo opened by the mouth of the end portion of the supply tube, and the fresh o dialysis solution can flow into the catheter.
A danger exists that air entrapped in the coupling device when it is connected may reach the patient's peritoneal savity along with the fresh solution. Furthermore, if the flow is turbulent, fibrin is formed o ,0 and carried off together with the waste solution. This fibrin can be deposited on the coil spring and the valve and stop up the flow duct. The spring and the valve are thereby hindered in their operation, and it may C result that the valve does not tightly close the outlet from the end portion of the supply tube.
o0:4 It is an object of this invention to provide an improved two-piece coupling device which precludes any contamination of the liquids flowing through it.
Another object of this invention is to provide a coupling device .2wherein any solids which may be eliminated by the patient and transported by the waste dialysis solution are certain to pass all the way through the coupling device.
To this end, the present invention provides in one aspect, a two-piece coupling device for coupling tube lines exchanging liquid or gaseous media, including a first and a second coupling part detachable from one another, each coupling part being connectable to a free end of a tube line, a continuous flow duct being provided through the tube lines and the coupling parts when coupled together; the first coupling part including a sleeve having ai axially projecting extension extending therefrom and a longitudinal central passage extending therethrough, a jacket at least partially surrounding the extension, a first detachable fastening means disposed on said first coupling part, a resilient hollow body providing at e1^ast 0e9 a portion of the flow duct through the first coupling part and supported within the central passage, one end of the hollow body being secured in the jacket, and blocking means arranged outside of the hollow body for blocking the flow of media through the hollow body, the blocking means pressing together the hollow body to close) off the flow duct when the first coupling part is separated from the second coupling part and releasing the tube body when the coupling parts are coupled together to allow flow :3P, therethrough; the second coupling part including, a second detachable J- t fastening means co-operating with the first fastening meanls, and a hollow projection which surrounds the entire jacket and at least part of the extension when the second coupling part is coupled to the first coupling part.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system utilizing the two-piece coupling device for carrying out peritoneal 39 -3-
dialysis on patients having damaged kidneys.
The following description refers in more detail to the various features of the present invention. To facilitate an understanding of the invention, reference is made in the description to the accompanying drawings where the present invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment. It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the drawings.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through both halves of a coupling device according to the invention, the upper half of the drawing showing only one of the coupling parts and the lower half showing the two coupling parts assembled, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first and second coupling parts, Figure 3 is a section taken on the line III-III of Figure 1, Figure 4 is a section taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 1 with the two coupling parts assembled, Figure 5 is a section taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 1 with the second coupling part removed, and 0 e o** Seat *ii 0.
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~1 i, _.I Figure 6 is a diagrammatic elevation of a system for carrying out ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
The illustrated embodiment of a coupling device according to this invention comprises a first coupling part 1 and a second coupling part 2 and is shown partially in section in Figure 1. The upper half of Figure 1 shows only coupling part 1, while the lower half shows coupling part 2 attached to coupling part 1. Coupling part 1 comprises a sleeve 3, a multi-stepped extension 4 adjacent thereto, and a jacket 5 surrounding extension 4 for the most part. The end of jacket 5 remote from extension 4 has a prolongation 7 provided with an external-thread p Adjacent to the inside of prolongation 7 is an inside wall 9 concentric with the outer wall 8 of jacket 5, which walls bound an annular space Projecting into space 10 is one end of a resilient hollow body, a o St tubing connection 11, secured in annular space 10 by means of a clamping I 'ring 12, Tubing connection 11 extends through a central longitudinal passage 13 in extension 4 and sleeve 3 and ends in about the middle of 0o sleeve 3.
The end of sleeve 3 remote from extension 4 is bored out and has an internal thread 14 into which an external thread 15 of an end member 16 of coupling part 1 is screwed. End member 16 has a central bore 17 which *increases in diameter toward the inside. Concentrically disposed within sleeve 3 is a thrust ring 18 projecting partially into passage 13 and bore 17. The inner half of ring 18 is uniformly thick, while the outside t diameter of the outer half incbeases toward the inside and forms a bearing shoulder 19 approximately in the middle. The end of tubing connection 11 projecting into sleeve 3 rests against shoulder 19.
This end portion of tubing connection 11 is encircled by a clamping a C ring 20 having a wedge-shaped cross-section. Ring 20 is pressed by end member 16 toward the right, as viewed in Figure 1, the portion of tubing connection 11 between clamping ring 20 and the inner half of thrust ring 18 having the uniform thickness being held fast within sleeve 3 by a clamping effect.
The distal end of a catheter 21 a Tenckhoff catheter) extends through central bore 17 of end member 16 and surrounds the half of thrust ring 18 which increases in diameter toward the inside. The distal end of catheter 21 is thereby held fast within sleeve 3 by a clamping effect as well.
Extension 4 has three sections 22, 23, and 24 of different outside diameters (cf. Figure The outside diameter of the first section 22 is less than that of sleeve 3 but greater than the outside diameter of the third section 24, which is connected to section 22 by the second section 23. The outside diameter of the second section 23 is less than that of the third section 24.
Section 22 includes a circumferential groove 25 containing a sealing ring 26. At two opposite points on section 24 there are recesses 27 running both radially and axially. Notches 28 extend at right angles to recesses 27. Disposed in each of the recesses 27 is a rocker 29 pivotoo0 0 00 0 o able about an axis running at right angles to the lorgitudinal axis of 0 o o, the coupling device. Each rocker 29 has two laterally projecting pivot o°0° pins 30 supported in notches 28 (Figure 2).
0° .o The end of rocker 29 projecting over the third section 24 takes the o form of a clamping jaw 31 intended to act upon tubing conn<:-tion 11. The 0 000 other end of rocker 29 has an arcuate hollow 32 co-operating with the free end of a spring element 33. This spring element extends substan- 00 .0 0o tially parallel to the longitudinal axis of coupling part 1 through a 0 00 °o0 oo guide groove 24 running in the aforementioned longitudinal direction within the first section 22 of extension 4 and sleeve 3. The end of ooo o 0 0 00o o spring element 33 opposite its free end is bent twice and clamped fast between a bearing shoulder 35 within sleeve 3 and the small end face of oO000 clamping ring 20. Spring element 33 is biased in such a way that the end 0 0 00 0 of rocker 29 having the arcuate hollow 32 is pressed radially outward by So the free end of element 33.
Jacket 5 has two oppositely disposed slots 36 through each of which .art of the associated rocker 29 projects when the second coupling part 2 is removed from the first coupling part 1. The outside diameter of section 24 of extension 4 is substantially the same as the inside diameter of jacket 5, so that tae latter is force-fitted over section 24 and r f I I rigidly joined thereto.
The second coupling part 2 has an internal thread 37 and an adjacent tubular socket 38. When coupling parts 1 and 2 are assembled, internal thread 37 of coupling part 2 is screwed onto external thread 6 of prolongationp 7 of jacket 5. The inside diameter of socket 38 is somewhat greater than the outside diameter of section 22 of extension 4 and the outsiec diameter of jacket 5. The length of socket 38 i such that when coupling part 2 is screwed onto external thread 6 completely, the end of socket 38 reaches almost to sleeve 3. This ensures that the end portion of socket 38 co-operates with sealing ring 26 in groove 35 of section 22.
The end of coupling part 2 opposite socket 38 includes, adjacent to internal thread 37, a rib 39 protruding radially inward and supporting a cylindrical wall disposed concentrically with socket 38. The inside dio 00 ameter of cylindrical wall 40 is equal to the inside diameter o. tubing o 00connection 11. Wall 40, internal thread 37, and part of sccket 38 bound an annular chamber 41 into which part of jacket 5 projects, together with 000:0:external thread 6 on prolongation 7.
On the inside of prolongation 7 of jacket 5 there ts a circumferential groove 42 containing a sealing ring 43. Sealing ring 26 on section 22 and sealing ring 43 in prolongation 7 form an effective bacteria barrier, bacteria are prevented from reaching the flow duct from outa 0 o side. The bacteria barrier is particularly fully effective when the axa,0 ial distance between ring 26 and the pivoting axis of rocker 29 is less 00 xhan the distance between the free end of cylindrical wall 40 and ring 43.
0000 A bore 44 in the outer end region of coupling part 2, between 0' rib 39 ani the outer end of coupling part 2, has a larger inside diameter than wall 40. Cemented in bore 44 is a tube 45. To improve the grip, longitudinal ridges 46 are regularly distributed around tho. periphery of this end region of coupling part 2. Similar ridges may preferably be provided on the outside. of sleeve 3 an well.
Figure 3 is at section taken on the line III-III of Figure I through the complete coupling device with parts 1 and 2 assembled. In this state, tubing connection 11 is not pressed together, and the flow duct of -6-1 the coupling device has the sar.,- round cross-section all along because the inside diameters of catheter 21, thrust ring 18, tubing connection 11, cylindrical wall 40, and tube 45 are all the same. The flow of liquid through the coupling device is therefore laminar, and no fibrin can form; moreover, there is no danger that any solids conveyed through catheter 21 with the dialysis solution can stop up the coupling device.
Figure 4 is a section taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 1 in the region of clamping jaws 31 of rockers 29. Because, when coupling parts I and 2 are assembled, socket 38 presses the ends of rockers 29 opposite jaws 31 radially inward against the bias of spring elements 33, jaws 31 rest only lightly or not at all against the outside of tubing connection 11. Thus, the flow of liquid through tubing connection 11 is not hindered in a ny way.
If coupling part 2 is separated from coupling part 1, spring elements 33 can press the ends of rockers 29 opposite jaws 31 radially outward. As a result, the two clamping jaws 31 move radially inward until tubing connection 11 is pressed completely fl.at, as shown in Figure a, which is a section taken on the same line as Figure 4. In order to keep tubing connection 11 from shifting laterally, diametrically opposite projections 53 are provided on the end face of section 24 of extensi,,n 4, Projections 53 are responsible for keeping the compressed tubing connection 11 between clamping jaws 31.
Figure 6 illustrates a system for carrying out peritoneal dialysis on patients with damaged kidneys, utilizing the two-piece coupling device described above, Part of catheter 21 leading to the patient's perttoneal cavity is shown connected to coupling part 1, Also shown are g connecting tube 45, a device 47 for clamping and severing tube 45, a three-way connector 48, a supply tube 49 for supplying fresh dialysis solution from a bag 50, and a drain tube 51 for draining Waste dialysis solution into a bag 52. The metabolic products excreted by the patient's daiaged kidneys are carried out of the peritoneal caity by the waste dlialysis solution, whereafter fresh dialysis solution is introduced into the patient's perntoneal cavity in the opposite direction* The f~low duct through the coupling device and the corecting tube has a constant inside diameter over its entire length. Assuming a constant diameter of 3 mm in the Tenckhoff catheter, the flow duct in the coupling device has the same diameter of 3 mm. The rate of discharge of the waste solution thereby remains constant everywhere, and this is an important prerequisite for ensuring that all solids conveyed through the Tenckhoff catheter are carried along in the same way through the coupling device. Furthermore, air entrapped in the flow duct during the coupling operation is thereby reliably evacuated with the waste dialysis solution drained off.
In another embodiment of the coupling device according to the present invention, tubing connection 11 may be the distal end portion of catheter 21. In this case, thrust ring Z the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1 ,iay be dispensed with. In still another embodiment, the two Scoupling parts may have a substantially rectangular cross-section in order to reduce the thickness of the coupling device, Instead of ;he exo ternal and internal threads, the two coupling parts will then have cooperating snap closures which may be lockable, if desired, in order to prevent any accidental separation of the coupling parts.
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1. A two-piece coupling device for coupling tube lines exchanging liquid or gaseous media, including a first and a second coupling part detachable from one another, each coupling part being connectable to a free end of a tube line, a continuous flow duct being provided through the tube lines and the coupling parts when coupled together; the first coupling part including a sleeve having an axially projecting extension extending therefrom and a longitudinal central passage extending therethrough, a jacket at least partially surrounding the extension, a first detachable fastening means disposed on said first coupling part, a resilient hollow body providing at least a portion of the flow duct through the first coupling part and supported within the central passage, one end of the hollow body being secured in the jacket, and blocking means arranged outside of the hollow body for blockinq the flow of media through the hollow body, the blocking means pressing together the hollow body to close off the flow duct when the first coupling part is separated from the second coupling part and releasing the tube body when the coupling parts are coupled together to allow flow therethrough; the second coupling part including, a se hIable fastening means co-operating with the i fI riing means, and a hollow projection which surround atire jacket and at least part of the extension whon %hQe g econ,' coupling part is coupled to the first coupling part, j3?'
2. A two-piece coupling device according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening means is an external thread 2 disposed on an axial prolongation of the jacket, and the *second fastening means is an internal thread disposel in toe the second coupling part.
3. A two-piece coupling device 4ccorAf^q to claim 2# wherein the other end of the hollr erod in i, the sleeve, the extension has tP first t section directly adjoining the slS f iteife i- .r L i I i u; i L i diameter than the sleeve and a circumferential groove with a sealing ring disposed therein, the second section bordering on the first section has a smaller diameter than the first section, the third section adjoining the second section has a smaller diameter than the first section and a larger diameter than the second section, and in the third section there are two diametrically opposite, axially and radially extending recesses in which part of the blocking means is disposed.
4. A two-piece coiupling device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the blocking means includes two rockers disposed opposite one another and at least one spring element acting upon one end of each rocker, and the other end of each rocker is a clamping jaw for pressing the hollow body together.
A two-piece coupling device according to claims 3 and 4, wherein adjacent to the recesses in the third section there are notches running at right angles to the recesses, the rockers each have two pivot pins, and the pivot pins are supported in the said notches.
6. A two-piece coupling device according to claim wherein two projections situated opposite one another are secured to the end face of the third section of the extension, and the projections are disposed laterally of the clamping jaws for preventing yielding of the hollow body upon compression by the clamping jaws.
7. A two-piece coupling device according to one of the claims 1 to 6, wherein the first coupling part is made predominantly of an inert metal, titanium, and the 3rW resilient hollow body is a tubing connection of silicone rubber.
8. A two-piece coupling device according to one of the claims 1 to 6, wherein the resilient hollow body is the distal end of a catheter.
9. A system for carrying out peritoneal dialysis on patients with damaged kidneys, utilizing a two-piece coupling device according to one of the foregoing claims.
A two-piece coupling device for coupling tube 39 VHP lines exchanging liquid or gaseous media, substantially as hereinbefore described wih reference to the accompanying drawings.
11. A system for carrying out peritoneal dialysis on patients with damaged kidneys, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings. DATED: 3 May 1990 PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Attorneys for: CONTEMPO PRODUCTS, P. H *ERRL 120 43 (9'kl~ VHF
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