Patent ID: 7484529
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a tubular male joint member; a liquid passage portion having a liquid passage space defined therein in fluid communication with an interior of said male joint member; a first female joint port and a second female joint port each of which is capable of receiving a tube; a first valve body made of an elastic material, said first valve body comprising a top, a bottom, and a side wall extending between the top and bottom, having a top slit defined in the top thereof and a side slit defined in the side wall thereof, said first valve body being deformable to open said top slit and said side slit when the tube is connected to said first female joint port; and a second valve body made of an elastic material and having a top slit defined in a top thereof and a side slit defined in a side thereof, said second valve body being deformable to open said top slit and said side slit when the tube is connected to said second female joint port; wherein said side slit of said first valve body and said side slit of said second valve body face said liquid passage space; when the tube is connected to said first female joint port, an interior of the tube and the interior of said male joint member communicate with each other through said top slit and said side slit of said first valve body and said liquid passage space; and when the tube is connected to said second female joint port, an interior of the tube and the interior of said male joint member communicate with each other through said top slit and said side slit of said second valve body and said liquid passage space.