SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAPERED LUER CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL TUBING

Abstract: provided is a tapered luer connector for medical tubing. the tapered lure connector has a tube head adapter formed of a resilient material providing: an inlet and opposite thereto an outlet with a longitudinal axis there between; a luer lock fitting formed proximate to the inlet and structured and arranged to engage a syringe; and a tapered member disposed at least proximately to the outlet, at least a portion of the tapered member angled down towards the outlet and providing an external engaging surface about a portion of the tube head adapter proximate to the outlet, the outer engaging surface obtusely angled away from the outlet with respect to the longitudinal axis. an associated method of use is also provided.

Inventor(s): BRIAN CHRISTOPHER CASE, PAUL TARSIA, WESLEY HOWELL

CPC Classification: A61M39/10 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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