Connector device for connecting elastic tubing of an implantable device

An implantable device for implantation in a living body, the device comprising:

• first implantable component means for implanting into a first portion of the body and having a fluid reservoir;
• second implantable component means for implanting into a second portion of the body spaced from the first portion of the body, the second component means having a fluid chamber;
• a first section of elastic tubing fixedly attached at one end to the first implantable component means;
• a second section of elastic tubing fixedly attached to the second implantable component means;
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• a connector device for fluidly connecting the first and second sections of elastic tubing, each tubing section having an outer surface with an outer diameter and an inner surface with an inner diameter, the connector comprising:
• a main body having first and second ends and a connector fluid passage extending between the first and second ends, a center surface section having an outer diameter, and first and second frusto-conical surface sections disposed proximate the first and second ends with the maximum diameter of the first and second frusto-conical surface sections being greater than the outer diameter of the center surface sections, the first and second frusto-conical surface sections frictionally engaging the inner surface of the first and second sections of tubing, respectively;
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• first and second clamps, each clamp having a body with an inner substantially smooth frusto-conical surface defining a cavity, the cavity having a forward and a rearward end with a opening at least equal to the outer diameter of the tubing, said opening being defined by a cylindrical surface portion of a constant diameter contiguous with the inner frusto-conical surface, the tubing extending through the opening and the cavity, and the inner frusto-conical surface engaging the outer surface of the tubing which is located over the frusto-conical surface of the connector device so that a compressive force is exerted on the tubing between the inner frusto-conical surface of the clamp and the outer frusto-conical surface of the connector, in a direction opposing any creeping of the tubing section and retaining tubing on the frusto-conical surface section and wherein the first clamp has a plurality of flexible fingers proximate the forward end and wherein at least one of the fingers has an inwardly projecting spur for retaining the clamp in position over the tubing and the first frusto-conical surface, said spur being positioned at a forward end of the finger such that the spur is disposed between the first frusto-conical surface and the center surface section of the main body.