Patent ID: 8123738

Claim:
A closed system connector assembly comprising a male adaptor including a first housing having a projecting nose and a passage extending centrally therethrough, a locking ring mounted concentrically about said nose, and a first septum mounted on said nose and including a disk shaped body sealing over said passage and a tubular sleeve extending over said nose, said disk shaped body having a swabable surface coincident with an end of said locking ring; and a female connector including a second housing having an external thread for threading into said locking ring of said male adaptor and being of an internal diameter to receive said nose of said male adaptor therein, a needle disposed concentrically within said second housing, a resiliently collapsible tubular member disposed concentrically within said second housing and a second septum mounted on said tubular member and having a swabable surface coincident with an end of said second housing, said second septum having a slit aligned with said needle for passage of said needle therethrough in response to said nose pushing said second septum into said second housing.