Medical Tubing Connection Assembly
AssigneesBaxter Healthcare S.A., Baxter International Inc.
InventorKatsuyoshi Sobue
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Abstract
A medical tubing connector pair includes a female tubing connector, and a male tubing connector. The female tubing connector has an external thread and the male tubing connector has an internal thread, the external and internal threads threadingly engaged to secure the female and male tubing connectors together. The internal thread is made from a flexible material to permit the female and male tubing connectors to be connected to or disconnected from each other without rotation of the tubing connectors relative to each other.
Claims11
A medical tubing connector pair comprising:
- a female tubing connector;
- and
- a male tubing connector, the female tubing connector having an external thread and the male tubing connector having an internal thread, the external and internal threads threadingly engaged to secure the female and male tubing connectors together,
- the internal thread being made from a flexible material to permit the female and male tubing connectors to be connected to or disconnected from each other without rotation of the tubing connectors relative to each other.
A medical tubing connector pair comprising:
- a female tubing connector;
- and
- a male tubing connector,
- the female tubing connector having an external thread and the male tubing connector having an internal thread, the external and internal threads threadingly engaged to secure the female and male tubing connectors together,
- wherein the male tubing connector comprises a collar made of a flexible material, the internal thread defined on an inner surface of the collar, and
- the connector pair has a first mode of engagement wherein the external and internal threads are rotated relative to each other into or out of engagement, and a second mode of engagement wherein the collar is deflected by a squeezing or expanding force to permit the external and internal threads to move axially relative to each other into or out of engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.