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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Applicant:
Katsuyoshi Sobue, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuyoshi Sobue, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Baxter Healthcare SA, Glattpark (Opfikon), CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/16 (2006.01); A61M 25/18 (2006.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); F16B 7/10 (2006.01); F16B 7/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01); B25G 3/00 (2006.01); B25G 3/28 (2006.01); B25G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical tubing connector pair includes a female tubing connector, and a male tubing connector. The female tubing connector has an external thread and the male tubing connector has an internal thread, the external and internal threads threadingly engaged to secure the female and male tubing connectors together. The internal thread is made from a flexible material to permit the female and male tubing connectors to be connected to or disconnected from each other without rotation of the tubing connectors relative to each other.