Patent ID: 7396051
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: A61M,F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A fluid connector for selective interconnection to and fluid transfer with another fluid connector, comprising: an internal member, having a first member and a second member disposed about at least a distal end of the first member, wherein a distal end of said internal member is one of substantially closed and closeable when said fluid connector is disconnected from another fluid connector, wherein said second member comprises a resilient material and substantially defines the distal end of the internal member when said fluid connector is disconnected from another fluid connector, and wherein the first member is one of forcibly penetrated and forcibly penetrable through the second member upon interconnection of the fluid connector with another fluid connector; an outer collar supportably disposed about said internal member for at least selective rotatable advancement and retraction relative thereto; and, a fluid passageway extending through at least a portion of said fluid connector, wherein at least a portion of the fluid passageway extends through said first member of said internal member, wherein a distal end of said first passageway is one of open and openable when said fluid connector in interconnected with another fluid connector, and wherein said distal end of said first passageway is one of is closed or closeable when said fluid connector is disconnected from another fluid connector.