US 11,813,131 B2
Suction de-clogger system and method
Stephen P. Kalhorn, Mount Pleasant, SC (US); and Mark E. Semler, Mount Pleasant, SC (US)
Assigned to MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US)
Filed by MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, Charleston, SC (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,363.
Application 17/410,363 is a continuation of application No. 15/752,404, granted, now 11,097,036, previously published as PCT/US2016/047309, filed on Aug. 17, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/206,032, filed on Aug. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379270 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 17/06 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01)
CPC A61C 17/06 (2019.05) [A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61M 1/84 (2021.05); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61M 2209/10 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A declogging assembly configured for use with a suction conduit, the assembly comprising:
a body, the body defining a first aperture and a second aperture;
a plug disposed within the body, the plug further defining a channel, the channel configured in a first state to disable fluid communication between the first aperture and the second aperture, and in a second state to enable fluid communication between the first aperture and the second aperture; and
a biasing member configured to bias the channel into the first state,
wherein the plug further comprises a needle, the needle constituting a portion of the channel.