Patent ID: 8479370
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: A61J,A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing inadvertent interconnection between a first medical system and a second medical system, the method comprising: selecting a luer fitting adapter for use in the first medical system having a first luer connector that is incompatible with a second luer connector in the second medical system, the adapter having a first end comprising (i) a locking member having a first dimension, and (ii) a luer connector means to prevent inadvertent interconnection between the first luer connector and the second luer connector, the luer connector means comprising one of a male luer fitting member and a female luer fitting member of the first luer connector having a second dimension that is incompatible with the second luer connector and wherein the adapter has a second end having a surface adapted to sealingly engage with a second component of the first medical system; connecting the adapter in the first medical system; connecting the second component to the second end of the adapter; and delivering one of a medicine and a feed paste via the first medical system: wherein each of the first luer connector and the second luer connector includes a male luer fitting member having a tapered body and an associated female luer fitting member having a similarly tapered bore for receiving and connecting with the associated male luer fitting member in fluid communication.