Patent ID: 8142417

Claim:
A clamp adapter for a catheter, comprising: a clamping body, with a bore penetrating the clamping body axially, which bore continues proximally in a syringe fitting; a clamping bush, made of a flexibly yielding material, that can be inserted distally into the clamping body, wherein an inner channel of the clamping bush communicates with a distal end of the bore of the clamping body and a proximal end of the clamping bush is axially supported in the clamping body; a clamping lid, which can be placed on the clamping body distally, has an insert opening aligned with the inner channel of the clamping bush, can be moved axially with respect to the clamping body, and engages at a distal front face of the clamping bush; a clamping lever swivel mounted on the clamping lid about a pivot axis that runs transversely to a longitudinal axis of the clamp adapter, the clamping lever including a gripping surface at its proximal end and a transverse bracket at its distal end, the pivot axis being located between the proximal and distal ends of the clamping lever; a sliding block guide located proximally of the pivot axis that limits the swivel motion of the clamping lever between an open position and a closed position; wherein the catheter can be inserted through the insert opening of the clamping lid into the inner channel of the clamping bush and can be clamped in the inner channel by axial compression of the clamping bush by means of axial movement of the clamping lid, wherein the clamping lid is guided in a linearly displaceable manner with respect to the clamping body when the clamping lever is pivoted between the open position and the clamping position about the pivot axis, the clamping lever moving the clamping lid axially with respect to the clamping body by means of the distal transverse bracket bearing against an outside surface of the clamping lid such that the clamping lid axially unloads the clamping bush in the open position and axially compresses the clamping bush in the clamping position.