Patent ID: 7601147
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A luer assembly, comprising: a first connector having a first catheter engaging body, a fastener, and a lumen; a second connector having a distal first end and a proximal second end, a fastener, a second catheter engaging body, a passageway, and a cavity that accommodates the first connector catheter engaging body; a catheter having a distal first end, an elongate middle portion, a proximal second end section comprising an end face, and at least two lumens, such that a first catheter lumen comprises a first proximal opening at the catheter end face and a first distal opening at or near the distal first end of the catheter and defining a first passageway therebetween, and such that a second catheter lumen comprises a second proximal opening at the catheter end face and a second distal opening at or near the distal first end of the catheter and defining a second passageway therebetween; and a transverse catheter slit across the proximal second end section first proximal opening of the catheter end face and the first catheter passageway, the catheter slit extends longitudinally for a slit length corresponding to the first and second catheter engaging bodies and sufficient to provide joint integrity and operatively couple the proximal second end section of the catheter between the first connector catheter engaging body and the second connector catheter engaging body, wherein the catheter slit exposes at least the first catheter passageway along said catheter slit length and forms at least two tails, wherein the catheter proximal second end section is disposed within the second connector passageway such that the at least two catheter tails are disposed between the first connector catheter engaging body and the second connector catheter engaging body and wherein the first connector fastener and second connector fastener operatively couple the first connector and the second connector such that the at least two catheter tails are operatively coupled between the first connector catheter engaging body and the second connector catheter engaging body.