CONNECTOR

• US 20110178493A1
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JMS Company Limited
• Original Assignee: JMS Company Limited
• Inventors: Okiyama, Tadashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,506,548 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/406
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/10 Bag-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2037 having valve means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2062 with directional valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2082 for gas filtration
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2089 Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/223 Multiway valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/162 Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube ; Connections between reservoir and tube in jet-action syringes A61M5/30; connectors for tubes having sealed ends and a needle for piercing them A61M39/14

Abstract

One end of a tubular portion (16) is sealed with a stopcock (5) that is fitted in the tubular portion (16). A first flow channel (33) and a second flow channel (36) are formed in the stopcock (5). A first hole (37), a second hole (43), a third hole (38), and a fourth hole (44) are formed in a connector main body (2). Switching between a setting that brings an inner space (16a) of the tubular portion (16) into communication with the first hole (37) via the first flow channel (33) and a setting that brings the inner space (16a) of the tubular portion (16) into communication with the second hole (43) via the first flow channel (33) and brings the third hole (38) into communication with the fourth hole (44) via the second flow channel (36) can be achieved by rotating the stopcock (5).

Claims

1. A connector comprising a connector main body provided with a tubular portion and a stopcock that is fitted in the tubular portion so as to be rotatable around an axis of the tubular portion,

wherein one end of the tubular portion is sealed with the stopcock that is fitted in the tubular portion,

a first flow channel and a second flow channel are formed in the stopcock,

a first hole, a second hole, a third hole, and a fourth hole are formed in the connector main body,

the first, the second, the third, and the fourth holes are holes that bring an inner space of the tubular portion into communication with an external space of the connector main body, and

switching between a setting that brings the inner space of the tubular portion into communication with the first hole via the first flow channel and a setting that brings the inner space of the tubular portion into communication with the second hole via the first flow channel and brings the third hole into communication with the fourth hole via the second flow channel can be achieved by rotating the stopcock.

2. The connector according to claim 1,

wherein a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion are provided in the connector main body,

connecting ports are formed in the first and the second connecting portions,

the first and the third holes are in communication with a space in the first connecting portion, and

the second and the fourth holes are in communication with a space on the connecting port side of the second connecting portion.

3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the first flow channel is a recess formed in a side face of the stopcock, the recess extending to a leading end face of the stopcock and forming a notch in the leading end face of the stopcock.

4. The connector according to claim 1, wherein both ends of the second flow channel are located at mutually different positions in an axial direction and in a circumferential direction of the stopcock.

5. The connector according to claim 4, wherein the second flow channel is a recess formed in a side face of the stopcock so as to have a spiral shape.

6. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the first flow channel is a hole that brings an opening formed on a leading end side of the stopcock into communication with an opening formed in a side face of the stopcock.

7. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the second flow channel is a penetrating flow channel that passes through the stopcock in a radial direction of the stopcock.

8. The connector according to claim 1,

wherein a check valve is provided in at least one of the third hole and the fourth hole, and

when the stopcock is set to the setting that brings the third hole into communication with the fourth hole via the second flow channel, liquid transfer through the third hole and the fourth hole is stopped by the check valve.

9. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the first connecting portion comprises a lever lock that is integral with the connecting port formed in the first connecting portion.

10. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the second connecting portion has a protrusion protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the connecting port formed in the second connecting portion.

11. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the first connecting portion has a portion covered with a shield that can open and close by extension and retraction.

12. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a graduated syringe comprising a cylinder and a movable piston is integrally formed on the other end side of the tubular portion.

13. The connector according to claim 1,

wherein a lever extended from the stopcock is formed on the stopcock, and

the lever is disposed in such a manner that:

when the stopcock is set to the setting that brings the inner space of the tubular portion into communication with the first hole via the first flow channel, a leading end of the extended lever points to an external space side communicating with the first hole, and

when the stopcock is set to the setting that brings the inner space of the tubular portion into communication with the second hole via the first flow channel, the leading end of the extended lever points to an external space side communicating with the second hole.

14. The connector according to claim 1,

wherein a lever extended from the stopcock is formed on the stopcock, and

the lever is disposed in such a manner that:

when the stopcock is set to the setting that brings the inner space of the tubular portion into communication with the first hole via the first flow channel, a leading end of the extended lever points to an external space side communicating with the second hole, and

when the stopcock is set to the setting that brings the inner space of the tubular portion into communication with the second hole via the first flow channel, the leading end of the extended lever points to an external space side communicating with the first hole.

15. The connector according to claim 7, wherein a hydrophobic filter is provided in at least one of the third hole, the penetrating flow channel, and the fourth hole.