# US 2014/0150925 A1 · Connector for Fluid Communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150925 A1 - Document ID: US20140150925A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/091,603 - Filed: 2013-11-27 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Applicants: Becton Dickinson and Company Limited - Inventors: Jesper Sjögren; Fredrik Ullman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150925A1 ## CPC - A61J 1/2096: {Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents} - A61M 5/1782: {Devices aiding filling of syringes in situ (combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents A61J1/2096, filling of medical containers in general B65B3/003)} - A61J 1/201: {having one piercing end} - A61J 1/2051: {having tap means, e.g. tap means activated by sliding} - A61J 1/2055: {having gripping means} - A61J 2205/20: Colour codes - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A fluid connector for selectively establishing fluid communication between a first medical container and a second medical container is provided. The fluid connector includes an adapter configured to removably attach to the first container. The adapter includes an access port and a cap. The connector further includes an outer sleeve connected to the adapter and a tubular body retained at least partially within the outer sleeve. The body has a proximal end connected to the adapter and a distal end connected to the second container. The fluid connector is transitionable from a first position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid isolation to a second position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid communication. At least a portion of the cap of the adapter is retained within the outer sleeve. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluid connector comprising: an adapter configured to removably attach to a first container, the adapter comprising an access port and a cap; an outer sleeve connected to the adapter; and a tubular body retained at least partially within the outer sleeve, the body having a proximal end connected to the adapter and a distal end connected to a second container, wherein the fluid connector is transitionable from a first position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid isolation to a second position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid communication, and wherein at least a portion of the cap of the adapter is retained within the outer sleeve. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluid connector of claim 1, wherein a portion of the cap retained within the outer sleeve comprises a latching mechanism configured to engage a corresponding latching structure positioned on an inner sidewall of the outer sleeve. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluid connector of claim 1, wherein the tubular body comprises a needle extending longitudinally through the tubular body from the proximal end to the distal end, the needle defining a lumen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The fluid connector of claim 3, wherein in the first position, the needle is entirely enclosed within the fluid connector and in the second position the needle extends beyond a distal end of the fluid connector, and wherein in the first position, the tubular body extends beyond a distal end of the outer sleeve and in the second position the outer sleeve covers the tubular body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fluid connector of claim 4, wherein the outer sleeve further comprises an enlarged end portion configured to cover the distal end of the tubular body, when the connector is in the second position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fluid connector of claim 1, wherein the outer sleeve further comprises a latch for establishing a non-removable engagement with the distal end of the tubular body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fluid connector of claim 1, wherein the outer sleeve comprises a grip portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fluid connector of claim 1, wherein the outer sleeve comprises a first dominant color and the tubular body comprises a second color, the second color being non-dominant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fluid connector of claim 1, wherein the tubular body comprises a detent, and wherein the outer sleeve comprises a notch which, when the connector is in the second position, accepts the detent. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fluid connector of claim 9, wherein the detent is visible to a user after it is accepted within the notch of the outer sleeve. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The fluid connector of claim 10, wherein the outer sleeve is a first dominant color, the detent is a second dominant color, and the tubular body is a non-dominant color. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fluid connector of claim 11, wherein the outer sleeve includes visible lines which direct a user's attention to the notch. ### Claim 13 A fluid connector comprising: an adapter for connecting the connector to a container; an outer sleeve connected to the adapter; and a tubular body retained at least partially within the sleeve, wherein the outer sleeve comprises a dominant color and the tubular body comprises a non-dominant color. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The fluid connector of claim 13, wherein the outer sleeve further comprises a grip portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The fluid connector of claim 13, wherein the fluid connector is transitionable from a first position in which a first container and a second container are in fluid isolation to a second position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid communication. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The fluid connector of claim 15, wherein the connector is configured such that a user transitions the connector from the first position to the second position by grasping the outer sleeve. ### Claim 17 A fluid connector comprising: an adapter for connecting the connector to a first container; an outer sleeve connected to the adapter; and a tubular body retained at least partially within the sleeve and having a proximal end connected to the adapter and a distal end connected to a second container, wherein the fluid connector is transitionable from a first position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid isolation to a second position in which the first container and the second container are in fluid communication, and wherein the tubular body comprises a detent and the outer sleeve comprises a notch which, when the connector is in the second position, is configured to accept the detent. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fluid connector of claim 17, wherein the detent is visible to a user after it is accepted within the notch of the outer sleeve. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The fluid connector of claim 18, wherein the outer sleeve is a first dominant color, the detent is a second dominant color, and the tubular body is a non-dominant color. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The fluid connector of claim 19, wherein the outer sleeve includes visible lines which direct a user's attention to the notch.