MEDICAL STOPCOCK ASSEMBLY WITH POSITION DETECTION

• Main Authors: KOLB, Matthew, Lee, ZHU, Hong, PICOT, John
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.05.2023
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A medical stopcock assembly with position detection includes a medical stopcock and a sensor. The medical stopcock may include a main body and a valve body. The valve body may define a valve passageway and be moveable relative to the main body between a first position where a first input port and an output port are in fluid communication via the valve passageway, a second position where a second input port and the output port are in fluid communication via the valve passageway, and a third position where the second input port and the first input port are in fluid communication via the valve passageway. An external surface of the valve body may include a position structure. The sensor may be configured to sense the position structure to determine whether the valve body is in the first position, the second position, or the third position.