CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

• US 20130072893A1
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Inventors: Takemoto, Masafumi
• Application Number:
  US13/701,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20130072893A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/403
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1475 Inlet or outlet ports
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1033 Swivel nut connectors, e.g. threaded connectors, bayonet-connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1072 with a septum present in the connector
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/1011 Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties A61M39/16 takes precedence

Abstract

A first connector includes a first connector main body configured from an outer tube of cylindrical shape, an inner tube of cylindrical shape, a hub disposed at a proximal end portion of the outer tube, and a clip disposed so as to be removable at the proximal end portion of the outer tube, a hollow needle supported on the hub, a first sealing member supported on the inner tube, a coil spring serving as puncturing portion biasing means for biasing the first sealing member toward the distal direction, and a clamping member disposed upon the outer tube. In a state in which the clip is mounted to the proximal end portion of the outer tube, a protrusion of the clip engages with a protrusion of the hub, and thereby rotation of the hub is prevented. If the clip is removed, the hub becomes rotatable with respect to the outer tube.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

an outer tube;

a hub disposed at a proximal end portion of the outer tube for rotation around an axis of the outer tube with respect to the outer tube, wherein the hub includes a main body portion inserted in the outer tube, a connecting portion having a proximal end side to which a medical device having a screw threaded portion is to be connected, and a projecting portion for being screwed with the screw threaded portion;

separation preventing means for preventing separation of the hub from the outer tube; and

rotation blocking means having a rotation blocking function for blocking the rotation of the hub in at least one of a forward direction and a backward direction;

wherein the rotation blocking means includes a rotation blocking member disposed for separation on the outer tube and having a first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion provided on the hub and engageable with the first engaging portion in a state in which the rotation blocking member is disposed on the outer tube, and

wherein the rotation blocking function of the rotation blocking means is rendered effective when the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a direction in which the hub is urged to rotate by rotational torque applied to the hub when the medical device is rotated with respect to the hub to screw the screw threaded portion with the projecting portion and a direction of the rotation of the hub blocked by the rotation blocking means coincide with each other.

3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the rotation blocking means is configured so as to block the rotation of the hub in the forward direction and the backward direction.

4. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the rotation blocking member is configured such that the rotation blocking member cannot be mounted on the outer tube after the rotation blocking member is removed from the outer tube.

5. The connector according to claim 1, wherein

the rotation blocking member has a rotation blocking member main body disposed for separation on an outer circumferential portion of the proximal end portion of the outer tube;

wherein the first engaging portion is a first protrusion provided at an inner circumferential portion of the rotation blocking member main body and projecting to the inner side with respect to an inner circumferential portion of the outer tube in a state in which the rotation blocking member main body is disposed on the outer tube; and

wherein the second engaging portion is a second protrusion provided on an outer circumferential portion of the main body portion of the hub.

6. The connector according to claim 5, wherein the second protrusion includes a plurality of second protrusions, and the plurality of second protrusions is disposed along a circumferential direction of the main body portion.

7. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the medical device includes a syringe having a mouth portion at a distal end portion thereof;

and

in the connector, the mouth portion of the syringe is connected to the connecting portion.

8. A connector assembly, comprising:

the connector according to claim 1; and

a partner connector connected to the connector and having a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion connects, at a distal end side of the connecting portion, a liquid accommodating container capable of accommodating liquid.