Patent ID: 7614123

Claim:
A clip for retaining a first flexible medical conduit to a second flexible medical conduit, wherein the first conduit includes a first connector and the second conduit includes a second connector releasably connectable to the first connector, wherein the clip comprises: a base portion; a first clip portion disposed on the base portion and extending generally perpendicularly from the base portion; a second clip portion disposed on the base portion, away from the first clip portion, and extending away from the base portion and generally parallel to the first clip portion; wherein the first clip portion includes a first opening sized to retain the first connector, and wherein the first clip portion further comprises at least one extension extending from the first clip portion away from the second clip portion and the base portion; the second clip portion having a first opening sized to retain the second connector, and wherein at least first and second legs of each of the first and second clip portions together extend upwardly from sides of the first and second openings, and are spaced apart, to free ends defining a widened entrance and are of a shape, dimension and material to be nondamagingly engageable with, and deflectable laterally apart by, either the flexible medical conduit or the connector during its insertion into the first and second openings from laterally thereof in a snap fit.