Patent ID: 7240926

Claim:
Connector for fluids, said connector automatically locking for connecting the Luer cones of two pieces of equipment for medical use, said connector comprising a tubular male socket having an adaptation tip at one end-piece and a tip to be fitted of external conical shape, and a tubular female socket having an adaptation tip at one end-piece and a reception tip of internal conical shape able to receive said fitting tip of the male connection with a lateral seal, the male socket being provided with external lateral lugs, the female socket being provided with a set of external notches and the connector comprising a locking collar to be mounted on the two sockets, wherein said collar has lateral ports able to be crossed by said external lateral lugs of the male socket for blocking the collar axially and in rotation on the male socket, and said collar has a transversally deformable part equipped with internal notches, shaped so that the external notches of the collar can pass over the notches of the female socket when the collar is pushed in a direction towards the socket and held by the notches of the female socket when there is traction in the reverse direction, and the notches of the collar and of the female socket being shaped so as to allow relative rotation of the female socket and the collar, said collar comprising zones such that a radial thrust on these zones causes deformation of the collar thus separating the notches of the collar from the notches of the female socket in order to allow separation of the collar and the female socket.