Patent ID: 8287517
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61B,A61H,A61M,F16B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A medical connector assembly for preventing sealing connection with a non-permitted, substantially uniform internal diameter conduit having an end face, the connector assembly comprising a first connector having a floor and a coupling portion, the coupling portion projecting outward from the floor, the coupling portion including a sealing surface and a non-sealing surface, the non-sealing surface being located closer to a free end of the first connector than the sealing surface, the non-sealing surface being sized and shaped to hold the non-permitted conduit off of the sealing surface and prevent sealing therewith, and a bleed passage located generally adjacent the floor for bleeding fluid out of the connector assembly, the bleed passage being disposed to extend between the floor of the first connector and the non-permitted conduit when the non-permitted conduit is attached to the coupling portion.