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US 2010/0137813 A1Published application
Luer connectors, components thereof and fluent material delivery devices utilizing the same
AssigneeAllergan, Inc.
InventorsChristopher S. Mudd, Blanca Guillen
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are luer connectors, components thereof and fluent material delivery devices utilizing the same. The disclosed luer lock connectors can be used with syringe and needle assemblies to resist leakage through and disengagement of the syringe and needle assembly.
Claims13
A luer connector for a syringe, the luer connector comprising:
- a first connector component including a male luer element, a base portion and a wall, the base portion circumscribing the male luer element and the wall circumscribing the base portion;
- a second connector component including a female luer element having a proximal end and adapted to receive said male luer element of said first connector component;
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- a resilient sealing member compressed between the base portion of the male luer element and the proximal end of the female luer element, the sealing member biasing the second connector component into engagement with the first connector component.
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A delivery device for a high viscosity fluent material comprising:
- a syringe/needle assembly comprising
- a syringe including a male luer element, a base portion and a wall, the base portion circumscribing the male luer element and the wall circumscribing the base portion,
- a needle assembly including a female luer element having a proximal end and adapted to receive said male luer element of said first connector component, and
- a resilient sealing member compressed between the base portion of the male luer element and the proximal end of the female luer element, the sealing member biasing the second connector component into engagement with the first connector component;
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- a high viscosity fluent material contained in the syringe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.