Patent ID: 9254361
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A61J,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A drip chamber for an infusion device with an elongated housing body, which housing body surrounds a chamber and comprises a distal inlet and a proximal outlet, and a connector part, which is provided at the distal inlet of the housing body for connecting the drip chamber to a connector part of an infusion container, which comprises a piercing spike with a fluid channel which can be inserted into a piercing part of the connector part of the infusion container and which extends into the chamber of the housing body, wherein the connector part of the drip chamber comprises a securing part for the detachable securing of the connector part of the drip chamber to the connector part of the infusion container, the securing part of the drip chamber comprises a plurality of securing elements disposed along the circumference of a circle, said securing elements comprising grooves at inner sides facing one another, said grooves running along the circumference of a circle, wherein the securing elements are designed in such a way that the securing elements can be spread from a position firmly engaging around the securing part of the infusion container into a position releasing the securing part of the infusion device; and the piercing spike in a center of the securing elements projects beyond the securing elements.