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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1984
John M Munsch, Libertyville, IL (US);
Brant R Danielsen, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Jimmy L Miller, Waukegan, IL (US);
Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for removing a first connector from a second connector and reconnecting the first connector with the third connector by mechanical means so that the visually impaired can do it, without touching critical areas where sterility should be retained. The apparatus finds particular use in the field of peritoneal dialysis where the catheter or set connecting to the patient must be disconnected from one container of solution and reconnected to another under the most aseptic conditions possible. A platform is provided having track means for permitting controlled movement of a first retention means between a first position, permitting disconnection between the first and second connectors, and a second position permitting connection between the first and third connectors when the first, second, and third connectors are respectively carried in the first, second, and third retention means.