초록 ▼

Devices can use various features to prevent the disconnection of connectors used in medical treatments. For example, a disconnection prevention member can have ends which hold luer connectors such that a male luer connector is prevented from separating from a female luer connector. The member can th

Devices can use various features to prevent the disconnection of connectors used in medical treatments. For example, a disconnection prevention member can have ends which hold luer connectors such that a male luer connector is prevented from separating from a female luer connector. The member can thus prevent disconnection of luer connectors that are incompletely mated.

대표청구항 ▼

The invention claimed is: 1. A connection device, comprising:a male luer connector and a female luer connector that are configured to lock by rotating relative to each other and to mate so as to define a continuous flow path between them,said luer connectors being of the type that defines a progress

The invention claimed is: 1. A connection device, comprising:a male luer connector and a female luer connector that are configured to lock by rotating relative to each other and to mate so as to define a continuous flow path between them,said luer connectors being of the type that defines a progressively-expanding opening of the continuous flow path to the outside as the male luer connector withdraws from the female luer connector,said luer connectors being attached at ends of respective tubes, each of said luer connectors being larger in a dimension than a diameter of its respective tube; anda disconnection prevention member having two open ends, each open end defining opposing edges spaced apart so as to create a gap that is large enough for a respective one of the tubes and small enough to form an interference fit with a respective one of said luer connectors attached to the respective tube,the disconnection prevention member being configured such that when said luer connectors are held by the ends of the disconnection prevention member, the male luer connector is prevented from separating, and thereby from being completely removed from, the female luer connector and such that progressive expansion of the opening of the continuous flow path to the outside is prevented,wherein the disconnection prevention member has an intermediate portion arranged between the two open ends and is constructed to interferingly engage with at least one of the luer connectors so as to prevent rotation of said at least one of the luer connectors relative to the other of the luer connectors and thereby prevent unlocking of the luer connectors when the luer connectors are held by the ends of the disconnection prevention member.