| 摘要 |
Apparatus for removing a first connector (18) from a second connector (16) and a reconnecting the first connector (18) with a third connector (16a) by mechanical means so that the visually impared can do it, without touching critical areas where sterility should be retained. The apparatus finds particular use in the field of peritoneal dialysis where the catheter or set (12) connected to the patient must be disconnected from one container of solution (14) and reconnected to another container (15) under the most aseptic conditions possible. A platform (30) is provided having first slot means (32) for permitting controlled movement of a first retention means (22) between a first position (Figure 1), permitting disconnection between the first and second connectors (18, 16), and a second position (Figure 2), permitting connection between the first and the third connectors (18, 16a) when the first, second and third connectors (18, 16, 16a) are respectively carried in the first, second and third retention means (22, 24, 26). A first pin means (34) is carried on the first retention means (22) and is slideable in the first slot means (32). A second slot means (36) is defined in the first retention means (22) and a second pin member (38) is carried on the platform (3) so as to be slideable in the second slot means (36). |
