United States
US 12,697,012 B2
Reuse prevention for single-use valves for medical devices
US 12,697,012 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Inventors
- Brian Luis; Pauline R. Limberg; Ryan Vincent William Pollock; Nathan T. Cummings
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2021-09-21
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,012 B2 · US12697012 · 12697012
Abstract
The cleaning valves (or valves) of the current disclosure are generally single-use devices (SUDs) and therefore disposable. Reusing SUDs can be disadvantageous, as single-use devices are not designed to be reusable. Accordingly, valves (or valve assemblies) for medical devices, such as endoscopes, disclosed may be configured to transition from a first state to a second state in response to utilization of the valve, e.g., to control fluid flow through a valve well. The transition from the first state to the second state may prevent reuse of valves of the present disclosure.…
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