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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Takashi Sunohara, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiko Morita, Osaka, JP;
Masuda Toshiaki, Osaka, JP;
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A connecting coupler which reduces the risk that an endotoxin or the like enters a dialysis solution and that the connecting coupler itself is deformed including a body made of an elastic material in which a tip portion of a connection plug of a dialyzer can be removably fitted into a plug-receiving opening portion of a solution transferring passage inside the body; a line connector which is fitted into the body and communicates with the solution transferring passage; a coupling tube which has a fixing portion fixedly fitted on the tip portion of the body and a coupling portion projecting from the fixing portion toward a front in an axial direction and removably fitable onto the connection plug; and a fixing mechanism which releasably fixes the coupling tube to the connection plug.