Closed male luer device for use with needleless access devices
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorsGeorge M. Mansour, Soon Park, Jonathan Yeh
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Abstract
A medical connector can include a body having a fluid path with an inlet port, an outlet port, a luer portion, and a post extending through a fluid path. An arm having a latch member is coupled to the body to engage a ridge or thread on an exterior surface of a reciprocal connector. The arm may also include an extension. When the connector is in an open position, the latch member restricts retraction of the reciprocal connector from the outlet port. A seal is coupled to the body and includes a flap extending across the outlet port or a bellows to compress along an axis. In a closed position, the post restricts flow through the luer portion. In an open position, the post permits flow through the luer portion.
Claims20
A medical connector comprising:
- a body having an inlet port, an outlet port, and an inner surface that forms a fluid path from the inlet port to the outlet port;
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- a first arm, a second arm, and a bridge that extends between the first and second arms, wherein the bridge comprises a first end proximal to the inlet port, a second end proximal to the outlet port, and wherein an outer surface of the body comprises any of a protrusion or a slot, and the bridge comprises the other of the protrusion or the slot, wherein the protrusion and the slot are elongate along a longitudinal axis defined between the inlet port and the outlet port of the body, and wherein the first and second arms are pivotable relative to the body, and are configured to engage against a reciprocal connector to resist movement of the reciprocal connector relative to the body.
A method for providing a medical connector, the method comprising:
- providing a body having an inlet port, an outlet port, an inner surface that forms a fluid path from the inlet port to the outlet port, and an outer surface comprising any of a protrusion or a slot;
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- providing a first arm, a second arm, and a bridge that extends between the first and second arms, wherein the bridge comprises a first end proximal to the inlet port, a second end proximal to the outlet port, and the other of the protrusion or the slot, wherein the protrusion and the slot are elongate along a longitudinal axis defined between the inlet port and the outlet port of the body;
- wherein upon inserting the body between inner surfaces of the first and second arms such that the protrusion is engaged against the slot, the first and second arms are pivotably coupled to the body.
A medical connector comprising:
- a body having an inlet port, an outlet port, an inner surface that forms a fluid path from the inlet port to the outlet port and a first mating feature;
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- a first arm and a second arm, wherein each of the first and second arms extend along an outer surface of the body and comprise a second mating feature engaged against the first mating feature;
- wherein the first mating feature and the second mating feature are elongate along a longitudinal axis defined between the inlet port and the outlet port of the body, and the first and second arms are pivotable relative to the body such that a first end of the first or second arm, proximal to the inlet port, moves in a direction away from the inlet port when a second end of the first or second arm, proximal to the outlet port, moves in a direction toward the outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.