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Connector and method for joining two conduits together in a sterile manner permitting aseptic fluid transfer between axially extending passageways in the conduits. End caps fabricated of a material which melts and flows at a sterilizing temperature are connected to the terminal ends of the conduits

Connector and method for joining two conduits together in a sterile manner permitting aseptic fluid transfer between axially extending passageways in the conduits. End caps fabricated of a material which melts and flows at a sterilizing temperature are connected to the terminal ends of the conduits and brought together within an outer sleeve. Heat is applied to the sleeve to melt the plastic material and cause it to flow out of the region between the passageways, thereby providing communication between the passageways and conding the conduits together in a sterile manner.

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Aseptic fluid storage and transfer apparatus, comprising first and second sterile containers each having a closed chamber for holding a fluid and a flexible tube with an axially extending passageway in fluid communication with the chamber, a pair of glass tubular members each connected at one end to

Aseptic fluid storage and transfer apparatus, comprising first and second sterile containers each having a closed chamber for holding a fluid and a flexible tube with an axially extending passageway in fluid communication with the chamber, a pair of glass tubular members each connected at one end to the terminal end of one of the flexible tubes, end caps having end and side walls fabricated of a thermoplastic material which melts and flows at a sterilizing temperature mounted on the free ends of the tubular members to seal the containers and the ends of the tubes, and a glass sleeve mounted coaxially on one of the tubular members and extending axially therefrom for receiving the other tubular member in a like manner with the side walls of the end caps being positioned between the outer walls of the tubular members and the inner wall of the sleeve and the end walls of the caps facing each other in confronting relations within the sleeve, the plastic material forming the end walls flowing by capillary action out the region between the confronting ends of the tubular members and into rhe region between the outer walls of the tubular members and the inner wall of the sleeve to thereby bond the tubular members together and provide communication between passageways when the plastic material is heated to the sterilizing temperature and is melted.