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Spike connector for solution bag

  • US 4,201,406 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1978
  • Issued: 05/06/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A touch-contamination protected spike connector for coupling a plastic fluid conduit to a port extending from a medical solution container, the port having a transverse diaphragm adapted for breakage by the spike to provide communication from the plastic fluid conduit to the medical solution container, the improvement comprising:

  • a rigid spike defining a longitudinal bore and having an angled tip;

    a flange extending radially outwardly from said rigid spike;

    a tube surrounding a major portion of said spike and extending in a generally parallel direction to said spike with the internal wall of said tube being spaced from the external wall of said spike;

    a spacer immovably interposed between the spike and the tube, said spacer being formed of resilient material and being connected to said flange and filling a portion of the volume between said spike and said tube;

    said angled tip having a distal end which extends a greater distance than said tube in the longitudinal direction.

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