Patent ID: 8636719

Claim:
A luer connector assembly for use in repairing a proximal end of a catheter assembly having its distal end implanted in a patient, the catheter assembly proximal end portion having been prepared for repair and including a clamp disposed therealong for closing and opening a catheter lumen, comprising: a protective sleeve component having a luer cap affixed to a proximal end length of flexible compressible tubing, the flexible compressible tubing being slidable over and along a prepared catheter assembly proximal end portion, the length of flexible compressible tubing being sufficiently elongated for a clamp to be disposed thereover and therealong, and an initially separate luer connector for facilitating coupling of the catheter assembly to a corresponding medical device when affixed to the prepared proximal end of the catheter assembly by the practitioner, wherein the luer cap has a proximal end configured to be coupled to a complementary distal end of the luer connector by a practitioner during catheter repair, wherein a proximal end length of a catheter lumen having a clamp thereon spaced from the proximal end of the catheter lumen, is insertable through the protective sleeve component for the proximal end of the catheter lumen to protrude beyond a proximal sleeve end to be affixed to the distal end of the luer connector, whereafter the protective sleeve component is slidable as a unit for the luer cap to engage and be coupled to the luer connector and thus cover the connection of the catheter lumen proximal end to the luer connector, whereafter the clamp disposed initially on the proximal catheter end is slidable onto and over the protective sleeve component to protect the catheter lumen during subsequent clamping thereof.