Patent ID: 6595964
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A coupler for receiving a threaded male luer fitting in sealed relationship, comprising:a housing having an attachment end, a conduit end opposite said attachment end and defining a central passageway for providing fluid communication between the luer fitting and a conduit, said attachment end being provided with threads, having a base forming a recess and configured as an externally threaded nipple; an arrangement attached to said housing for establishing a sealed connection between a luer tip and said central passageway; said conduit end being of relatively larger diameter than said attachment end and defining a shoulder at a junction of said attachment end and said conduit end; and a resilient member disposed on said attachment end adjacent said shoulder being retained upon said housing by at least one of said threads and engagement with said recess, said resilient member exerting an axially directed compressive force upon the male luer fitting as it is threadably engaged upon said attachment end.