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US 7,758,082 B2Granted
Fluid line connector safety device
AssigneeNxStage Medical, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Weigel, Kenneth Everett Buckler, Jeffrey H Burbank, James M Brugger, David Farias De Souza
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Abstract
Devices having various features to prevent the disconnection of connectors used in medical treatments are disclosed. The devices can prevent disconnection of luer connectors that are incompletely mated.
Claims2
A connection device, comprising:
- a male luer and a female luer, the female luer having a wing extending axially along the female luer and protruding radially from the female luer;
- a threaded luer lock configured to prevent the male and female luers from separating;
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- a flexible disconnection prevention device having an opening formed therein, the flexible disconnection prevention device being configured to prevent the luer lock from rotating when the wing of the female luer is positioned in the opening of the disconnection prevention device, or to prevent the male and female luers from separating in the event the luer lock rotates.
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