Medical valve connector
First Claim
1. A medical valve connector comprising a tubular body having an inlet fitting of the male luer or luer-lock type which can be coupled by screwing with a complementary female luer or luer-lock fitting, an outlet fitting coaxial to said inlet fitting, and means defining a passage of flow between said inlet and outlet fittings, in which said male inlet fitting comprises an outer tubular element and an inner tubular element, which is axially displaceable but not rotationally displaceable with respect to said body, following coupling with said complementary female fitting, from a retracted closing position to an advanced position for opening said passage of flow, and in which sliding-seal means are provided between said inner tubular element and said body, and elastic means tending to keep said inner tubular element in said retracted position, wherein said means defining the passage of flow, said sliding-seal means and said elastic means are integrated in a generally tubular body of elastic material set axially in a sealed way between said inlet and outlet fittings.
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Abstract
A medical valve connector comprising a tubular body having an inlet fitting of the male luer or luer-lock type with an inner tubular element displaceable axially from a retracted position for closing a passage of flow towards an outlet fitting to an advanced position for opening said passage of flow. A tubular body made of elastic material, set between the inlet and outlet fittings, tends to keep the inner tubular element in the retracted position. Also the outlet fitting can rotate and axially translate between a retracted position and an advanced position.
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- 1. A medical valve connector comprising a tubular body having an inlet fitting of the male luer or luer-lock type which can be coupled by screwing with a complementary female luer or luer-lock fitting, an outlet fitting coaxial to said inlet fitting, and means defining a passage of flow between said inlet and outlet fittings, in which said male inlet fitting comprises an outer tubular element and an inner tubular element, which is axially displaceable but not rotationally displaceable with respect to said body, following coupling with said complementary female fitting, from a retracted closing position to an advanced position for opening said passage of flow, and in which sliding-seal means are provided between said inner tubular element and said body, and elastic means tending to keep said inner tubular element in said retracted position, wherein said means defining the passage of flow, said sliding-seal means and said elastic means are integrated in a generally tubular body of elastic material set axially in a sealed way between said inlet and outlet fittings.
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