Fitting for a feeding line

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fitting for an enteral feeding line, comprising: attachment means configured to connect the fitting to a complementary fitting, a tapered tip coaxial with an axis and a flange extending around the tip and coaxial with the tip, the flange extending away from the tip and delimiting with the tip an annular space configured to receive the complementary fitting, the attachment means being disposed at the annular space, the annular space comprising a first portion comprising the attachment means and a second portion not provided with attachment means, the second portion having an axial length along the axis and the tip having a predetermined diameter at an interface I between the first portion and the second portion, a ratio of the predetermined diameter to the axial length being greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 2.0.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.