Patent ID: 6319001
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A fitting for releasably connecting a syringe tip having a longitudinal axis to a dental syringe having a port for supplying a fluid to the syringe tip, the tip having a passageway extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis for transporting the fluid to a patient's mouth, the fitting comprising:a body having a connector for attaching the body to the dental syringe and a recess for receiving the syringe tip, the body further having a passage therein extending through the body to the recess;a quick release mechanism mounted in the recess for quickly connecting the syringe tip to the body and disconnecting the syringe tip from the body, the mechanism including a manually operable actuator moveable in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis between an engaged position in which the quick release mechanism prevents the syringe tip from being removed from the recess and a disengaged position in which the quick release mechanism permits the syringe tip to be removed from the recess; anda tubular connector for extending through the passage into the recess, the tubular connector being sized and shaped for sealingly engaging the passageway of the syringe tip for transporting the fluid from the port of the dental syringe to the syringe tip, said tubular connector having a base with a diameter larger than the passage in the body and adapted to be captured outside the recess in generally fixed position between the body and the dental syringe when the body is attached to the dental syringe so that the base is prevented from passing through the passage into the recess, thereby holding the tubular connector in generally fixed position relative to the body.