Patent ID: 6354312
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A61B,A61L,F16L

Abstract:
A connector for use with a lumen device that provides fluid communication between a fluid source and the lumen device, the connector configured to engage with a port on the lumen device wherein the port includes a sealing surface, the connector comprising:a housing defining a space; a pressure actuated member positioned within said space so as to be movable therein, said pressure actuated member defining at least one passageway for said fluid to flow from the fluid source to the lumen device through said connector; and a piston surface formed on the pressure actuated member that engages with the sealing surface of the port of the lumen device wherein said piston surface is less than fully engaged with the sealing surface when said pressure actuated member is in a first position and wherein said piston surface fully engages with the sealing surface when said pressure actuated member is in a second position allowing the fluid enter the lumen device.