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Luer connector assembly

  • US 20040210196A1
  • Filed: 01/26/2004
  • Published: 10/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A needle assembly comprising:

  • a female luer fitting having a body including an outside surface, a distal end, a proximal end and a passageway therethrough, said passageway having a frusto-conically shaped portion with an interior surface for receiving a male luer fitting, said interior surface having a recess;

    a cannula connected to said distal end of said body of said female luer fitting said cannula being in fluid communication with said passageway; and

    a soft, resilient member softer than said body, said soft, resilient member being positioned in said recess and bounding said passageway such that, upon insertion of a male luer fitting into said passageway, said soft, resilient member and a portion of said interior surface both frictionally engages the male luer fitting.

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