Connector and infusion set
AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro Ueda, Kazuya Akiyama
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Abstract
A connector includes a housing including: an insertion section into which a male connector is insertable from an outside of the housing, and a flow path communicating with the insertion section; and an elastic valve body having a slit and configured to block the insertion section. An inner wall of the housing defining the flow path is integrally formed with a liquid barrier face. The housing is configured such that, when the male connector is inserted in the insertion section, the liquid barrier face faces a tip opening of the male connector in an insertion direction of the male connector such that liquid flowing out from the tip opening collides with the liquid barrier face.
Claims14
A connector comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- an insertion section into which a male connector is insertable from an outside of the housing,
- an inner wall defining a flow path that communicates with the insertion section,
- an inclined tip receiving face configured to receive a tip of the male connector, and
- a partition section having a liquid barrier face,
- wherein the inner wall, the inclined tip receiving face, and the partition section are formed together as a single piece;
- and
- an elastic valve body having a slit and configured to block the insertion section,
- wherein the housing is configured such that, when the male connector is inserted in the insertion section, the liquid barrier face faces a tip opening of the male connector in an insertion direction of the male connector such that liquid flowing out from the tip opening collides with the liquid barrier face, and
- wherein at least one connection flow path extends in the insertion direction (i) through the inclined tip receiving face, or (ii) at a location radially inward of the inclined tip receiving face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.