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Connector assembly

  • US 5,487,728 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1994
  • Issued: 01/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector assembly comprisinga female luer connector including a housing having a rigid tubular portion projecting therefrom, a hollow needle mounted in said housing concentrically within said tubular portion, a tubular shield mounted over said needle and including a resilient collapsible tubular portion concentric to said needle and a septum at a distal end of said collapsible tubular portion in facing relation to said needle and a ring disposed about said septum to circumferentially compress said septum and prevent circumferential distortion of said septum;

  • anda male luer connector including a hollow tube for movement coaxially into said rigid tubular portion of said female luer housing, said hollow tube being sized to abut and move said septum into said rigid tubular portion while collapsing said collapsible tubular portion of said shield to effect piercing of said needle through said septum and entry into said hollow tube.

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