Patent ID: 6976980
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. An adaptor well-suited for use with a medical catheter, the medical catheter having a proximal end, said adaptor comprising: (a) a first tube, said first tube having a first end adapted for insertion into the proximal end of a medical catheter; (b) a second tube, said second tube having a first end and a second end, said first end being adapted for connection to the distal end of an external tube for fluid communication therewith, said second end being switchable between an open position in which said second tube is in fluid communication with said first tube and a closed position in which said second tube is not in fluid communication with said first tube; and (c) a clamp adapted to be tightened around said first end of said first tube and the proximal end of a medical catheter inserted therebetween, wherein said clamp comprises a pair of identical clamp halves fitted together in a ratchet-type manner to jointly define a quasi-circular opening through which said first end of said first tube and the proximal end of the medical catheter may be inserted, wherein each of said identical clamp halves comprises a pair of curved inner legs and a pair of curved outer legs, one of said inner legs being bent slightly outwardly at its outer end, the other of said inner legs having a plurality of teeth formed along its outside surface, one of said outer legs having a plurality of teeth formed along its inside surface adapted to engage the teeth on the outside surface of the inner leg of the other clamp half.