Aseptic connector assembly for conduits for sterile fluids

An aseptic connector assembly for connecting conductors for sterile fluids comprising in combination, axially extending complementary male and female connector members each having tubular means integral therewith at one end and connectable to a conductor, the female member also having an axial socket on the opposite end, opening outwardly and dimensioned to slidably receive said male member longitudinally, the male member also having a tapered axial socket on the opposite end thereof opening outward and communicating with the tubular means on said one end thereof, the socket of said female member also having an axially-extending prong integral therewith and terminating in a piercing point spaced inwardly from the plane of the open end of the socket and being tapered in complement to the taper of the socket of said male member and adapted to frictionally engage said socket when inserted thereinto, and sterile sealing membranes aseptically and respectively affixed over the outer ends of both of said sockets;

• said sterile membranes and the outer ends of the sockets to which they are connected being adapted to be firmly abutted and the male member inserted within the female member initially to pierce the sterile membrane affixed over the face of the socket in the female member and followed by said piercing prong puncturing the membrane affixed over the face of the socket in said male member and finally frictionally engage said piercing prong within the tapered socket in said male member to establish a sterile fluid passage through the connected members.