| 摘要 |
Compressible lock washers for use in catheter connectors. One such lock washer ( 60 ) includes a support ring ( 62 ) and tube engagement flanges ( 64 ) extending centrally therefrom, oblique to the ring and each extending from the same side thereof. The tube engagement flanges ( 64 ) define a tube receptacle ( 72 ) through which a catheter tube ( 58 ) may be inserted. Upon compression of the lock washer ( 60 ), the tube engagement flanges ( 64 ) are force toward the ring ( 62 ), decreasing the diameter of the tube receptacle ( 72 ). Thus, during compression of the lock washer ( 60 ), the tube engagement flanges ( 64 ) engage the catheter tube ( 58 ) which runs through the tube receptacle ( 72 ), securing the catheter tube within the catheter connector ( 20 ) with which the lock washer is associated.
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