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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
David F. Waller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jeremy A. Thomas, Clemmons, NC (US);
David F. Waller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jeremy A. Thomas, Clemmons, NC (US);
Winston-Cook Medical Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
Luer assemblies are provided having first and second connectors operatively coupled and securing tails of a proximal end section of a catheter disposed therebetween. A method for cutting a proximal end section of a catheter having distal and proximal ends is provided, a slit in the proximal end section exposing a catheter lumen and forming first and second tails having inner, outer, and peripheral engaging surfaces. Another method secures catheter tails disposed between operatively coupled first and second connectors, the first connector having a distal insert inserted into the exposed catheter lumen and a catheter engaging body about which the catheter tails are disposed, and the second connector having a catheter engaging body disposed about the catheter tails, wherein the connectors are configured to be operatively coupled to each other and to operatively couple the catheter tails disposed between the catheter engaging bodies of the first and second connectors.