Patent ID: 9561359
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61J,A61M

Claim:
1. A medical connector assembly consisting of: a male port plug including a first end portion adapted to mate with a fluid source and a tapered second end portion, the second end portion including a twistable locking mechanism free from screw connections and having a plurality of crescent-shaped flanges that extend annularly about less than an entire outer circumference of the second end portion; a female port plug that is releasably lockable with the male port plug, the female port plug including a central channel that receives the male port plug, the central channel having a tapered portion that friction fits with the second end portion of the male port plug, the female port plug further including a receptacle portion that is free from screw connections and receives the plurality of flanges of the locking mechanism; and a tubular side port integrally formed with the female port plug, the side port including a channel that is in fluid communication with the central channel of the female port plug; wherein the male port plug can be rotated about the central channel relative to the female port plug to move the locking mechanism between a fully locked position in which the male and female port plugs are sealingly mated and incapable of separation, and a fully unlocked position in which the male and female port plugs are not sealingly mated and capable of separation.