Patent ID: 9161877
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A61H,A61M,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a body including a shroud defining an interior space; a plurality of connector ports on the body sized and shaped for connecting the connector port in fluid communication with the fluid passage of another object; a plurality of tube ports projecting from the body, each tube port in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of connector ports, the shroud surrounding the plurality of tube ports and the interior space defined by the shroud containing at least a portion of each of the plurality of tube ports, each tube port receivable in an end of a respective flexible tube to establish fluid communication with the respective flexible tube; and a plurality of tube retainers, each tube retainer at least partially disposed in the interior space defined by the shroud, each tube retainer including an engaging portion having a generally arcuate surface parallel to a surface of at least one of the plurality of tube ports; wherein the plurality of tube ports includes three tube ports laterally aligned with one another in the interior space defined by the shroud, and wherein the generally arcuate surface of each tube retainer is parallel to a surface of only a middle port of the three tube ports.