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US 7,004,934 B2Granted
Closed system connector assembly
OwnerVincent L. Vaillancourtinventor
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Abstract
A male adaptor is provided with a nose for penetrating into a housing of the female connector. A septum is disposed over the nose of the male adaptor to maintain a seal with the female connector during coupling and uncoupling. Upon coupling, the septum dilates to allow the nose to pass through. The female connector may have a septum that also dilates to allow penetration of the nose of the male adaptor. Alternatively, the septum of the female connector may be retractable under the force of the nose of the male adaptor.
Claims15
A closed system connector assembly comprising
- a male adaptor including a first housing having a projecting nose and a passage extending centrally therethrough, a locking ring mounted concentrically about said nose, and a first septum mounted on said nose and including a disk shaped body sealing over said passage and a tubular sleeve extending over said nose, said disk shaped body having a swabable surface flush with an end of said locking ring;
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- a female connector including a second housing having an external thread for threading into said locking ring of said male adaptor and being of an internal diameter to receive said nose of said male adaptor therein, a tubular member disposed concentrically within said second housing and defining a passage therethrough, and a second septum mounted on said tubular member and having a swabable surface flush with an end of said second housing.
A closed system connector assembly comprising
- a male adaptor including a first housing having a projecting nose and a passage extending centrally therethrough, a locking ring mounted concentrically about said nose, and a first septum mounted on said nose and including a disk shaped body sealing over said passage and a tubular sleeve extending over said nose, said disk shaped body having a swabable surface coplanar with an end of said locking ring;
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- a female connector including a tubular housing for securement within a said locking ring of said male adaptor and having an internal diameter to receive a said nose of said male adaptor therein, a tubular member disposed concentrically within said tubular housing and defining a passage therethrough, and a second septum mounted on said tubular member and having a swabable surface coplanar with an end of said tubular housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.