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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Alan Fitzgerald, Edgeworthstown, IE;
Ciara Deighan, Birr, IE;
Paul J. Daly, Tullamore, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61J 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/1011 (2013.01); A61J 15/0026 (2013.01); A61J 15/0015 (2013.01); A61J 15/0076 (2015.05); A61M 39/20 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector () for connecting a syringe to a gastrostomy tube (), the connector () comprises a bayonet style locking member () with a locking projection () for locking the connector () to the gastrostomy tube (). The locking projection () forms a receiving recess () for receiving and locking at least one wing () of an end portion () of the gastrostomy tube (). Further, the invention relates to a connector assembly having such a connector () and to a method for connecting a syringe to a gastrostomy tube ().