Patent ID: 8109538

Claim:
A connection assembly comprising: a barbed connector comprising: a neck adapted to receive a soft tubing, the neck having a neck length, the neck comprising: a tubing end having a neck opening defined therein, the neck opening having a neck-opening diameter; a base end opposite the tubing end; a barb disposed on an exterior surface of the neck for engaging an interior wall of the soft tubing, the barb having a barb narrow end facing the neck opening; and a sealing portion extending from the barb narrow end to the tubing end, the sealing portion being cylindrical and having a sealing-portion outside diameter and a sealing-portion length, the sealing-portion length being equal to or greater than 90% of the sealing-portion outside diameter, the sealing-portion outside diameter being the same along the entire sealing-portion length from the barb narrow end to the tubing end; and a base comprising: a seating surface connected to the base end of the neck; and a mating surface opposite the seating surface, the mating surface having a base opening defined therein; and a fluid conduit defined in the barbed connector so as to provide fluid communication between the neck opening and the base opening; and a shell having an inner cavity defined therein, the inner cavity comprising: a threaded portion laterally bound by a threaded wall having mechanical threads; a seating wall for engaging the seating surface of the barbed connector; and a compression portion laterally bound by a compression wall, such that the neck of the barbed connector is disposed in the compression portion.