Patent ID: 8500717

Claim:
A first connecting piece for an enteral transfer system, comprising: a proximal connecting portion for connection to a flexible connecting tube of a transfer system; and a distal connecting portion for connection to a second connecting piece of a flexible tube of an enteral feeding probe, said distal connecting portion being of a conical form, or a stepped form having a plurality of sections of different diameters, adapted to enable a releasable connection to be made to funnel-shaped connecting pieces having different diameters of the flexible tubes of enteral feeding probes, said distal connecting portion comprising a first locking element configured such that a positively engaging releasable connection can be made to the second connecting piece having a second locking element that is complementary to the first locking element, wherein the distal connecting portion comprises a front conical part forming a distal connecting cone, and a back part proximally adjoining inline with the front conical part and forming the first locking element; wherein the first locking element is a screwed connecting element having an outside thread for making the positively engaging releasable connection.