Patent ID: 9345871
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An injection site for tubular medical connectors, comprising: a non-slitted perforable body configured for perforation by a needle during use, said perforable body received in a seat of a connector delimited by an annular wall having a turned-in retention edge turned in against an outer end of said perforable body; said perforable body having a first end opposite said outer end and a side wall lateral to said first end; said outer end of the perforable body having a peripheral annular step for engagement of said turned-in retention edge of said annular wall of the connector; said peripheral annular step extending inwardly from said side wall; said peripheral annular step bounded by an annular groove having a rounded wall complementary to that of said turned-in retention edge; and said outer end having an exposed portion with a reduced cross section projecting axially beyond said peripheral annular step in an axial direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of said connector and away from said seat, said exposed portion projecting in said axial direction beyond said turned-in retention edge; said annular groove extending from said peripheral annular step to connect to a lip of said exposed portion; said lip projecting radially above said turned-in retention edge such that an outermost radial extent of said lip is radially inward of an outermost radial extent of said peripheral annular step.