Patent ID: 8603022
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A connection assurance device for securing a connection of a mated patient-end connector and bloodline connector, the connection assurance device comprising: a cylindrical housing defined by a first half rotatably connected to a second half, the cylindrical housing having: an upper portion, an inside wall of the upper portion defining a plurality of barbs configured to engage with a distal end of a cantilevered clip which is biased outwardly from the bloodline connector, to prevent axial movement of the bloodline connector relative to the connection assurance device when the cylindrical housing is engaged about the mated patient-end connector and bloodline connector, and a lower portion, the lower portion configured to accommodate the patient-end connector; and at least one closing mechanism provided by at least one of the upper and lower portions, the closing mechanism for releasably securing the first half of the cylindrical housing to the second half of the cylindrical housing.