A medical connector for minimizing discomfort to a patient may include a substantially rigid inner body and a flexible outer body having a patient interfacing surface and coupled to at least a portion of the substantially rigid inner body. The patient interfacing surface may include a cushion material. The cushion material may be interposed between the substantially rigid inner body and the patient's skin when the medical connector is attached to the patient.

Blood sample optimization systems and methods are described that reduce or eliminate contaminates in collected blood samples, which in turn reduces or eliminates false positive readings in blood cultures or other testing of collected blood samples. A blood sample optimization system can include a blood sequestration device located between a patient needle and a sample needle. The blood sequestration device can include a sequestration chamber for sequestering an initial, potentially contaminated aliquot of blood, and may further include a sampling channel that bypasses the sequestration chamber to convey likely uncontaminated blood between the patient needle and the sample needle after the initial aliquot of blood is sequestered in the sequestration chamber.

A biopsy valve includes a body having a first groove adapted to fit over a lip of an endoscope working channel and a second groove and a first membrane. A primary cap is mechanically coupled to the body by a primary strap extending between the primary cap and the body. The primary cap includes a primary cap lip to couple into the second groove of the body, a second membrane and a primary cap groove. A guard cap is mechanically coupled to the body by a guard cap strap extending between the guard cap and the body. The guard cap includes a guard cap lip which couples into the primary cap groove of the primary cap, and a third membrane. A triple membrane biopsy valve and a method of using a biopsy valve with an endoscope working channel are also described.

A tubing set for a blood processing system includes a first connector, a first tube, and a second tube. The first connector is configured to connect to a separation device within the blood processing system, and has a first inlet configured to be fluidly connected to an outlet of the separation device. The first connector also has an outlet and a second inlet. The first tube fluidly connects to the outlet and fluidly connects the separation device and a blood component storage container. The second tube is fluidly connected to the second inlet and fluidly connects the separation device and a saline storage container. The second tube may include a second connector that connects to the saline storage container.

A tubing set for a blood processing system includes a first connector, a first tube, and a second tube. The first connector is configured to connect to a separation device within the blood processing system, and has a first inlet configured to be fluidly connected to an outlet of the separation device. The first connector also has an outlet and a second inlet. The first tube fluidly connects to the outlet and fluidly connects the separation device and a blood component storage container. The second tube is fluidly connected to the second inlet and fluidly connects the separation device and a saline storage container. The second tube may include a second connector that connects to the saline storage container.

An improved urine collection bag assembly is presented. The improved urine collection bag assembly of the present invention features a one-way flow control valve to prevent the backflow of urine into a urinary catheter and subsequently, into a patient's bladder. The improved urine collection bag also features at a lower end a urine sampling valve. In the exemplary embodiment, the one-way flow control valve is a flap style valve and the sampling valve is a slider style valve.

A fluid conduit has a housing with a body forming an interior and a proximal cavity within the interior. The housing has an outlet and a fluid path extending between the cavity and outlet. The conduit also has an entry channel and a contact surface. The entry channel extends through the housing distal to the cavity and has a radial longitudinal axis. The entry channel is offset from the fluid path such that the radial longitudinal axis of the entry channel does not intersect a longitudinal axis of the fluid path. This offset causes fluid entering the interior of the housing via the entry channel to initiate a swirl-like motion within the interior. A portion of the contact surface is distal to the cavity and intersects the radial longitudinal axis. The surface directs a portion of the fluid proximally into the cavity.

An IV device assembly may include a lumen forming a fluidic channel within the IV device assembly. The lumen may be fluidically coupled to a vascular access device (VAD) coupler via a funnel coupler, and an IV device assembly coupler at a proximal end of the lumen. The IV device assembly may also include one or more of the following: a collapsible sleeve formed coaxially around a first portion of the lumen and mechanically coupled to the funnel coupler, a patency instrument formed along a second portion of the lumen within the collapsible sleeve and into the VAD coupler, a translation handle that translates the patency instrument out of a distal end of the VAD coupler, and a fixed grip formed around the lumen to maintain a position of the IV device assembly relative to the translation handle.

An extension set may include a tube having an outer surface. An instrument, such as a tubing or a probe, may be disposed within the tube and may include a proximal end and a distal end. A translation handle may be coupled to the outer surface of the tube and may move along the outer surface between a proximal position and a distal position to translate the distal end of the instrument between a retracted position and an advanced position. In the advanced position, the distal end of the instrument may extend beyond the distal end of the tube and into a catheter assembly and/or vasculature of a patient.

A method fluidly connects a male luer connector and a female luer connector. To that end, a housing having a first end and a second end is provided. The housing has a first opening nearer to the first end that is configured to receive the male luer connector. The housing also includes a second opening nearer to the second end that is configured to receive the female luer connector. The male luer connector is positioned into the first opening in a direction that is along a central axis of the housing. The female luer connector is positioned into the second opening in a direction that is transverse to a central axis of the housing. The method then advances the male luer connector into the opening of the female luer connector so as to form a fluid connection therebetween.