Adapter assembly

An adapter assembly, comprising:

• a syringe having a tip;
• a catheter;
• and
• a connector comprising, a body member having an elongated bore and an opening adjacent a distal end portion of the body member communicating with said bore, an elongated plug of elastic material received in said bore in a relatively uncompressed condition of the plug, said plug having a channel extending through the plug with a distal portion of the channel being aligned with the body member opening and with the internal dimensions of at least a distal portion of the channel being slightly larger than the outer dimensions of said catheter to receive the catheter through said body member opening, a compression member having a nipple adjacent a distal end of the compression member and receivable in a proximal end portion of the body member, said compression member having a port adjacent a proximal end portion of the compression member to receive the syringe tip, and a passageway communicating between the port and the distal end of said nipple, with a distal portion of said passageway being aligned with the plug channel when the nipple is received in the body member bore, and means for releasably attaching the compression member to the body member with said nipple received in said bore, and for controlling the distance said nipple projects into said bore such that the nipple compresses said plug in the bore and releasably secures the catheter in said plug channel, said compression member including a distal gripping element defining a space intermediate the gripping element and said nipple to receive the proximal end portion of the body member when the nipple is received in the body member bore.