Patent ID: 8910919
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A male needleless connector, comprising: a body defining a first portion of a fluid pathway; a tubular member extending in a distal direction away from the first portion and defining a second portion of the fluid pathway that when used with a female needleless connector is closer to the female needleless connector than the first portion, the tubular member including a fluid opening at its distal end; a collar at least partially surrounding the tubular member, the collar having internal threads to threadably engage with external threads of the female needleless connector and having external threads to threadably engage with internal threads of the body; and a sealing member at least partially surrounding the tubular member and being translatable relative to the tubular member; wherein the connector includes a closed configuration and an open configuration, the open configuration defined by rotation of the external threads of the collar relative to the internal threads of the body in a first direction and the closed configuration defined by rotation of the external threads of the collar relative to the internal threads of the body in a second direction, which is opposite the first direction, and in the closed configuration the sealing member covers the fluid opening and in the open configuration the sealing member permits fluid flow through the fluid opening.