Methods and systems for selection and use of connectors between conduits

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11383072
APP PUB NO 20180193631A1
SERIAL NO

15868313

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Medical devices including vascular access kits and methods of using the kit are disclosed. In some embodiments, a conduit is measured using an outside diameter measurement apparatus to determine if the conduit is compatible with a connector such that there is a continual lumen between the conduit and the connector. In some embodiments, various outside diameter measurement devices and the methods of their use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods of connecting a conduit, and in some embodiments a strain relief structure, to a connector are described.

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  • MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hall, John William North Salt Lake, US 44 447
Nordhausen, Craig Salt Lake City, US 7 46

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