Patent ID: 8074964

Claim:
A connector comprising: a valve housing comprising an inlet port, an outlet port, an inner wall, and one or more channels in the inner wall forming a fluid path from the inlet port to the outlet port; a valve plug operable to seal the inlet port when the connector is in an unactuated state thereby closing the fluid path through the connector; a diaphragm disposed within the valve housing; and a valve insert disposed within the valve housing, the valve insert comprising a bowl sealed by the diaphragm forming an inner volume, the valve insert further comprising a stem extending into the outlet port, the stem configured such that a cross-sectional flow area of the outlet port is approximately equivalent to a cross-sectional flow area of the flow path formed by the one or more channels in the inner wall of the valve housing; wherein upon actuation of the connector the valve plug deforms the diaphragm into the inner volume thereby unsealing the inlet port and opening the fluid path through the connector.