Patent ID: 9533137
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A medical connector for use with a first and second medical implement, the medical connector comprising: a housing having a first proximal end and a second distal end; an inner rigid element positioned within the housing and including an inner surface, at least one inner opening on said inner surface, an outer surface, at least one outer opening on said outer surface, and a first passage extending between a first inner opening of said at least one inner opening and a first outer opening of said at least one outer opening, wherein the inner rigid element includes a substantially hollow interior defined at least in part by the inner surface and the first passage; a substantially hollow flexible element positioned within the housing, said flexible element comprising at least one inward projection on an inner wall thereof, at least a portion of a first inward projection of said at least one inward projection projecting through said first outer opening in said inner rigid element and into said first passage when said connector is in a substantially closed position, and wherein said portion of said first inward projection is positioned outside of said first outer opening and said first passage in a substantially open position, thereby facilitating a change in a volume of the substantially hollow interior of said inner rigid element when said connector is in said substantially closed position relative to the volume of the substantially hollow interior of said inner rigid element when said connector is in said substantially open position.