Patent ID: 7563243
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A manifold hub for use in a fluid administration system comprising: A. an integrated housing providing a plurality of mutually distinct flow channels through the housing and being composed of at least three components; B. said first, second and third components being stacked together with the intermediate component between the first and second components and integrated together to form said housing (a) with said second projections received in the first projections with the closures at the upper extremities of the second projections exposed at the upper extremities of the first projections, (b) the second openings and the third openings being in fluid communication, (c) the integrated components establishing the plurality of mutually distinct flow channels through the housing, and (d) the intermediate component serving to seal the mutually distinct flow channels one from the other; D. whereby each said first projection can be connected to a fluid administration set via a terminal complementary part to said one part of the two-part connector such that when the connector is complete, the resilient second projection received in said first projection is depressed downwardly forcing the normally closed slit defined in the closure at the upper extremity thereof to open; and E. whereby the separate outlets of the second component can be connected to separate lumens each terminated with its own element for infusing fluid into a patient.