Closed system irrigation connector for urinary catheters

A closed system irrigation connector for use with a urinary catheter, the connector adapted to accept either a continuous irrigation set or a catheter tip irrigation syringe for delivering irrigation fluid into the urinary catheter, the connector having a lower fluid communication path, an upper entrance port, and a valve positioned between the lower fluid communication path and the upper entrance port, the valve positioned in a normally biased sealed closed first position, the valve adapted to be positioned to an open second position by the direct manual sealing engagement of either the continuous irrigation set or a catheter tip irrigation syringe into the upper entrance port, the valve automatically returning to its positioned normally biased sealed closed first position upon direct manual unsealing disengagement of either the continuous irrigation set or the catheter tip syringe.

A method of delivering either continuous or intermittent catheter tip syringe irrigation fluid into a urinary catheter having a closed system irrigation connector with a normally self biased closed positioned valve with an upper entrance port comprising the following steps of:

• directly manually engaging the dispensing projection portion of a device including a continuous irrigation set or a tapered catheter tip irrigation syringe into the upper entrance port so as to form a sealing engagement between said projection portion and said upper entrance port and to additionally engage the valve with said projection to cause the valve to open, next infusing irrigation fluid from the projection portion into the urinary catheter, then manually disengaging either the projection portion from the upper entrance port sealing engagement to cause the valve to automatically return to its normally self biased closed position when delivery of irrigation fluid into the urinary catheter is completed.