Adapter with special fitting

摘要

A clam shell shaped adapter for connecting a fluid output device and a fluid input device to establish a fluid path between the fluid output and input devices has first and second shells integrally connected by a living hinge. The first shell has a connector fitting end and a catheter end connected by a tubing. The fluid output device may be a catheter that is matable to the catheter end. A retainer structure in the adapter fixedly retains the catheter when the first and second shells close upon each other. Respective latch mechanisms provided at the first and second shells lockingly couple the first and second shells to each other. The fitting end has a given configuration that prevents the fitting end from mating with a counterpart conventional luer fitting but enables the fitting end to mate with a counterpart connector fitting that has a special configuration that mirrors the given configuration.

主权项

1. A device for establishing a fluid path, comprising: one and other members each having an inner surface and an outer surface, the one and other members integrally connected at a common hinge and having respective matching peripheries that matchingly abut to form a closed clam shell shaped device that includes a fitting end and an aperture end connected by a tubing so that a through passage is established between the fitting end and the aperture end, the aperture end adapted to accept a fluid output line, the one and other members having respective first and second latch mechanisms that cooperate to lockingly couple the one and other members to each other when the one and other members are folded along the common hinge towards each other, the folded one and other members enclosing the tubing and fixedly holding the fluid output line to the aperture end, the fitting end having a given configuration that varies from a conventional luer end such that the fitting end is matable only with a connector fitting having a special configuration that is a counterpart to the given configuration.