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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Benjamin S. Duck, Johnsburg, IL (US);
John Henry Kutsch, Harvard, IL (US);
Benjamin S. Duck, Johnsburg, IL (US);
John Henry Kutsch, Harvard, IL (US);
Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly () includes a unitary female connector portion () manufactured from a singular material that includes a waisted, tapering intermediate section () disposed between a compression ring () and a luminal connector () and one or more finger-grasping surfaces () disposed along the waisted, tapering intermediate section. A unitary male connector portion (), which can be single ended or double-ended, includes a protruding male connector portion (), one or more luminal connectors () and a convex frustum () disposed between the protruding male connector portion and the single ended luminal connector.