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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Geoff Clark, Lempster, NH (US);
Christian Schlerf, Keene, NH (US);
Geoff Clark, Lempster, NH (US);
Christian Schlerf, Keene, NH (US);
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Rockland, MA (US);
Abstract
A clam shell shaped adapter for retaining a catheter to establish a fluid path between the catheter and a fluid device or line has first and second shells integrally connected by a living hinge. The first shell has a luer end and a catheter end. A flexible tubing at an inner surface of the first shell connects the luer end to the catheter end. The catheter is inserted through the catheter end to extend along the flexible tubing. A retainer structure is provided at an inner surface of the second shell so that when the first and second shells close upon each other, the retainer structure presses against the flexible tubing to fixedly retain the catheter in a fluidly sealing manner. Respective latch mechanisms provided at the shells lockingly couple the first and second shells to each other.