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US 7,252,308 B2Granted
Connector device for the sterile connection of tubes
AssigneeGlaxosmithkline Biologicals SA
InventorJacques Thilly
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Abstract
A connector for forming a sterile connection between two tubes, comprising first and second parts which comprise connectable conduits and which can mate, first and second covers which can be removed from the so-mated parts to expose connectable ends of the first and second conduits, so that the conduits can then be connected.
Claims18
A connector for connecting two conduits which comprises,
- a first connector part and a second connector part which mate together to form an enclosure between them bounded by a sterile seal,
- the first connector part and second connector part having respective first and second conduits passing through them, the conduits being relatively moveable within the enclosure formed on mating of the first and second connector parts to form a mating connection between the first and second conduits,
- in the unmated state of the first and second connector parts the first and second conduits being covered by respective first and second removable covers which can mate with each other and form a sterile seal between them, and which form respective seals with the respective first and second connector parts to isolate the ends of the conduits from the ambient environment,
- wherein in operation, on mating of the first and second connector parts the first and second removable covers also mate, then the mated covers are detached from the mated respective first and second parts and are received within the enclosure, to thereby expose the respective first and second ends of the first and second conduits to each other within the enclosure, and to allow the conduits to relatively move and come into mating connection within the enclosure.
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