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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Joseph R. Paradis, Hilton Head Island, SC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A valve connector adapted to facilitate fluid access between components is formed by a housing having a through channel. An elastomeric support secured to the housing biases a valve element or plug in the channel into sealing engagement with the support. When a fitting is inserted to depress the plug, it stretches the support and opens a passage through the channel, for example by canting the plug. When the fitting is removed, the stretched support contracts and returns the plug to its position of sealing engagement where the plug, support and housing are swabbable to eliminate pathogens that could otherwise enter the channel when the plug is depressed to open the channel and permit fluid flow therethrough.