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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
J. Michael Cude, College Grove, TN (US);
Raymond Jozwik, Hendersonville, TN (US);
J. Michael Cude, College Grove, TN (US);
Raymond Jozwik, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Coeur, Inc., Lebanon, TN (US);
Abstract
An adapter for a medical receptacle having a skirt with an outside diameter and a threaded inside diameter, and a tapered post within the skirt, the adapter includes a proximal end portion having a threaded surface including at least one thread configured to threadingly engage the threaded inside diameter of the skirt, a distal end portion having a surface portion and a cylindrical recess, a conduit positioned between the tapered recess and the cylindrical recess such that the conduit is in fluid communication with both the tapered recess and the cylindrical recess; and a longitudinal axis. The proximal end portion includes a tapered recess defined by a wall, a chamfer, and a seat and the surface portion includes a means for gripping, which in one embodiment may be at least two wings.