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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Ichiro Kitani, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeaki Funamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Abe, Fukuroi, JP;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention include a male luer connector having a valve arrangement for keeping a passage that extends through the male luer connector closed when the male luer connector is not attached to a corresponding female luer connector. This passage of the male luer connector may be opened by connecting the male luer connector to a female luer connector. The valve arrangement of the male luer connector may include a movable sealing element arranged around a central fluid conduit. In some embodiments, the male luer connector may include a filter that is permeable to gas, but substantially impermeable to liquid, thus allowing gas to be purged from the male luer connector while substantially preventing liquid from leaking from the connector at least when the male luer connector is not connected to a female luer connector.