Patent ID: 8292875

Claim:
A fluid delivery system, comprising: at least one of a first tube and a second tube; a third tube; a connector for use in enteral feeding applications configured to connect to the first, second and third tubes and having only a first connector end and a second connector end wherein the first and second connector ends are disposed in a substantially anti-parallel manner; the first connector end comprising: a tapered projection having only a single barb extending therefrom; an internal conduit sized to receive the second tube such that the second tube can be inserted into and matingly engage the first connector end; and wherein the first connector end is operable to securely couple to an overmold region of the first tube or to the second tube; and the second connector end defining an internal conduit sized to receive the third tube such that the third tube can be matingly inserted into the second connector end wherein: the first and second connector ends are configured for enteral applications according to American National Standards Institute standards ANSI/AAMI ID54:1996(R) 2005; and the first and second connector ends are sized and shaped to not matingly engage with a Luer fitting.