Apparatus and method for connecting a passageway and openings with a connector
First Claim
1. A connector comprising:
- a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having a passageway aligned along an axis of the body and passing through the first part from the first end into the body, the body having a plurality of openings in the second part each of the openings generally parallel to the axis of the body and extending through the second part from the second end to the passageway, the passageway extending from the first end to at least the second part of the body to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end, the body at the first part being shaped and located for cooperative interengagement with a catheter adapter to permit communication of the passageway with the catheter adapter and a catheter connected thereto; and
a probe tube with a lumen therethrough, the probe tube passing through at least one of the openings and extending into a portion of the passageway providing the lumen between the first end to the second end.
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Abstract
A connector body with a first end and a first part thereon and a second end and a first part thereon includes a passageway aligned along an axis passing through the first end and part. Openings in second part permit communication from the first end to the second end since the openings extend from the second end to at least the passageway. A male luer taper located on the first part about the passageway tapers outwardly of the axis from the first end to a annular groove. A luer nut with an internally threaded collar and an apertured flanged portion seats within the groove permitting rotary but not axial movement of the luer nut relative to the taper. A method provides a plurality of connections between openings and a passageway with a connector body having a first end and a first part thereon and a second end and a second part thereon and a passageway through the first part from the first end extends to a plurality of openings in the second part permitting communication. The method includes locating a male luer taper on the body. A groove near the taper may be included for an internally threaded luer nut.
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34 Claims
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1. A connector comprising:
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a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having a passageway aligned along an axis of the body and passing through the first part from the first end into the body, the body having a plurality of openings in the second part each of the openings generally parallel to the axis of the body and extending through the second part from the second end to the passageway, the passageway extending from the first end to at least the second part of the body to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end, the body at the first part being shaped and located for cooperative interengagement with a catheter adapter to permit communication of the passageway with the catheter adapter and a catheter connected thereto; and a probe tube with a lumen therethrough, the probe tube passing through at least one of the openings and extending into a portion of the passageway providing the lumen between the first end to the second end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A connector comprising:
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a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having a passageway aligned along an axis of the body and passing through the first part from the first end into the body, the body at the first part being shaped and located for cooperative interengagement with a catheter adapter to permit communication of the passageway with the catheter adapter and a catheter connected thereto, the body having a plurality of openings in second part each of the openings extending from the second end to at least the passageway in the body to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end; and the body having the first and second ends substantially parallel to one another.
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16. A connector for an adapter comprising:
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a body with a first end and a second end substantially parallel to one another and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having a passageway aligned along an axis of the body and passing through the first part from the first end into the body to the second part, the body at the first part being shaped and located for cooperative interengagement with a catheter adapter to permit communication of the passageway with the catheter adapter and a catheter connected thereto, the body having a plurality of openings in the second part each of the openings extending from the second end to at least the passageway in the body to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end, the openings being in substantially parallel spaced apart relation to one another; a probe tube with a lumen therethrough, the probe tube passing through at least one of the openings and the passageway, the probe tube being generally parallel to the axis of the body and extending from the first end to the second end; a recess as part of the second end and in communication with the second part, the recess having a bottom from which the openings pass through the second part to the passageway; a male luer taper located on the first part of the body about the passageway and tapering outwardly of the axis from the first end to an enlarged diameter for providing a place to connect an adapter; an annular groove about the body immediately adjacent to the enlarged diameter of the male luer taper; a luer nut having an internally threaded collar with a flanged portion shaped to fit into the annular groove permitting rotary but not axial movement of the luer nut relative to the body so the collar extends from the second part toward the first end and over the male luer taper providing a threaded locking luer; a probe tube in one of the openings extending from the passageway through the second part and beyond the second end wherein the openings, the tube and the axis being in substantially parallel spaced apart relation to one another, and an electrical circuit and atmospheric reference vent in the probe tube passing through the body for the connector for the adapter.
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17. A method for providing a plurality of connections between openings and a passageway including the following steps:
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providing a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end; locating a passageway along an axis of the body, the passageway passing through the first part from the first end into the body and to the second part; shaping and locating the body at the first part for cooperative interengagement with a catheter adapter to permit communication of the passageway with the catheter adapter and a catheter connected thereto; positioning a plurality of openings parallel to one another in the second part; extending each of the openings from the second end to at least the passageway to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end, and providing, parallel to the axis of the body, the passageway and at least one of the openings. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A connector comprising:
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a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having a passageway aligned along an axis of the body and passing through the first part from the first end into the body, the body having a plurality of openings in the second part each of the openings generally parallel to the axis of the body and extending through the second part from the second end to the passageway, the passageway extending from the first end to at least the second part of the body to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end, the body at the first part being shaped and located for cooperative interengagement with an adapter and wherein a recess is included as part of the second end for extending into the second part, the recess having a bottom from which the openings pass through the second part to the passageway; and a probe tube with a lumen therethrough, the probe tube passing through at least one of the openings and extending into a portion of the passageway providing the lumen between the first end to the second end. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for providing a plurality of connections between openings and a passageway including the following steps:
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providing a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end; locating a passageway along an axis of the body, the passageway passing through the first part from the first end into the body and to the second part, the body at the first part being shaped and located for cooperative interengagement with an adapter; positioning a plurality of openings parallel to one another in the second part; extending each of the openings from the second end to at least the passageway to permit communication through the body from the first end to the second end; providing, parallel to the axis of the body, the passageway and at least one of the openings; locating a male luer taper on the first part of the body about the passageway; tapering the male luer outwardly of the axis from the first end to an enlarged diameter; providing an annular groove immediately adjacent to the enlarged diameter of male luer taper to connect an adapter; providing a luer nut with a flanged aperture end to cooperate in a bearing-like relation with the annular groove, and placing the luer nut with a collar having internal threads extending over the male luer taper and an apertured flanged portion shaped to seat within the annular groove permitting rotary but not axial movement of the luer nut relative to the taper so as to provide a threaded locking luer.
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