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A connector for use in introducing medication into a patient having a pair of plastic tubular members adapted to be manually pushed together to engage in a mating relationship with a locking mechanism that selectively secures the members together. One of the members has a sealed entry port at its en

A connector for use in introducing medication into a patient having a pair of plastic tubular members adapted to be manually pushed together to engage in a mating relationship with a locking mechanism that selectively secures the members together. One of the members has a sealed entry port at its end and the other member contains a needle which centrally pierces the seal of the port upon engagement of the members.

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A medical connector including: a male port element having a longitudinal passage extending therethrough and terminating at one end in sealing means which is of the self-sealing type; a housing element having a longitudinal cavity therein open at one end thereof, said housing member being adapted to

A medical connector including: a male port element having a longitudinal passage extending therethrough and terminating at one end in sealing means which is of the self-sealing type; a housing element having a longitudinal cavity therein open at one end thereof, said housing member being adapted to have said port element inserted there within through said open mouth with the sealing means disposed in the cavity; a hollow needle fixed within said housing cavity and having a pointed tip at one end, said needle being disposed within the cavity so that the needle tip penetrates the sealing means upon insertion of the port element into the cavity; and means for detachably locking the housing element and the port element together when said port element is inserted into the cavity, said locking means including a locking cap element flexibly attached to the housing at the open end thereof and selectively operable to seal the housing open end if inserted thereinto and a locking recess formed on the port element and operable to receive the cap element when inserted thereinto to lock the port element and the housing element together in a mating relationship, said cap element being selectively manually removable from said housing open end and from said port element locking recess.