Patent ID: 9352139
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61M,F16L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A connector suitable for engagement on a substitution port of a machine for carrying out a hemofiltration or a hemodiafiltration treatment of a patient's blood, the connector comprising: a rigid main body defining a duct; and a soft element fitted on an end of the main body, said soft element including a membrane occluding the duct and performing a valve function, and a seal portion radially expanding outward of the duct, the seal portion having, in a non-contact state, a substantially semicircular cross section, and in a contact state, when the seal portion is constricted by a wall of the substitution port, a reduced radial extension and a compressed cross section, the rigid main body including an undercut near an end thereof, and an axial should radially extending outward therefrom, and the soft element including an axial end and a radial step protruding inward such that when the soft element is forcedly fitted on the end of the rigid main body, the axial end of the soft element contacts the axial shoulder and the radial step engages the undercut so as to establish a shape coupling between the soft element and the rigid main body.