Patent ID: 9364651
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A device for establishing a fluid path, comprising: one and other members each having an inner surface and an outer surface, the one and other members integrally connected at a common hinge and having respective matching peripheries that matchingly abut to form a closed clam shell shaped device that includes a fitting end and an aperture end connected by a tubing so that a through passage is established between the fitting end and the aperture end, the aperture end adapted to accept a fluid output line, the one and other members having respective first and second latch mechanisms that cooperate to lockingly couple the one and other members to each other when the one and other members are folded along the common hinge towards each other, the folded one and other members enclosing the tubing and fixedly holding the fluid output line to the aperture end, the fitting end having a given configuration that varies from a conventional luer end such that the fitting end is matable only with a connector fitting having a special configuration that is a counterpart to the given configuration.