CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

• US 20130076019A1
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Takemoto, Masafumi
• Application Number:
  US13/700,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20130076019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 285/117
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1475 Inlet or outlet ports
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2065 having aligning and guiding means
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1782 Devices aiding filling of syringes in situ combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents A61J1/2096, filling of medical containers in general B65B3/003

Abstract

A first connector has a first connector main body configured from an outer tube having a cylindrical shape, an inner tube having a cylindrical shape and a hub, 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 in a direction toward the distal end thereof, and a clamping member disposed on the outer tube. The hub is disposed at a proximal end portion of the outer tube. The hub is disposed such that, although the hub is initially connected to the outer tube by a breakable welded portion, when the welded portion is broken, the hub is permitted to rotate around an axis of the outer tube with respect to the outer tube.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

an outer tube;

a hub having a main body portion disposed at a proximal end portion of the outer tube and 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 projection portion configured to screw with the screw threaded portion;

a weakly connecting portion connecting the outer tube and the hub to each other and being capable of being broken; and

separation preventing means for preventing the main body portion from being separated from the outer tube after the weakly connecting portion is broken;

wherein the weakly connecting portion is configured such that the weakly connecting portion is not broken by rotational torque applied to the hub when the medical device is rotated in a direction with respect to the hub to screw the screw threaded portion with the projection portion but is broken when, after the screwing of the screw threaded portion with the projection portion is completed, the medical device is rotated in a same direction as the direction upon the screwing of the screw threaded portion with the projection portion to apply rotational torque to the hub; and

wherein the hub is permitted to rotate around an axis of the outer tube with respect to the outer tube after the weakly connecting portion is broken.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the weakly connecting portion is configured from any one of a welded portion formed by welding the outer tube and the hub to each other, a bonded portion formed by adhering the outer tube and the hub to each other by a bonding agent, and a reduced thickness weak portion.

3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the separation preventing means has a grooved portion provided on one of the outer tube and the main body portion, and a protrusion provided on the other of the outer tube and the main body portion and configured to fit in the grooved portion.

4. A connector assembly, comprising:

the connector according to claim 1; and

a partner connector connected to the connector and having a connection portion, wherein the connection portion connects, on a distal end side of the connection portion, a liquid accommodating container in which liquid can be accommodated.