Patent ID: 8048061

Claim:
A separable medical adapter for use with an introducer with a tubular fitting provided on a proximal end of the introducer, the adapter comprising: a separable hemostatic valve arranged and configured to be separable along a line of fissure or weakened seam into at least two portions with a separable body arranged and configured to be separable along a line of fissure or weakened seam into at least two portions having a distal end; and at least one fixed, compressible, and torqueable separable elastomeric member arranged and configured to be separable along a line of fissure or weakened seam into at least two portions and capable of being concentrically disposed on the distal end of the separable body, supported and compressed between the separable body of the hemostatic valve and the tubular fitting of the introducer when the separable body of the hemostatic valve and tubular fitting are compression fit together, the distal end of the body of the separable hemostatic valve and the tubular fitting being composed of firmer material than the separable elastomeric member, the elastic composition of the separable elastomeric member being such that it is sufficiently compressed between the separable body of the hemostatic valve and the tubular fitting to provide a mechanically secure, but hemostatic, reconnectable and torqueable connection therebetween by means of a compression seal and friction of the body of the separable hemostatic valve and tubular fitting with the separable elastomeric member, so that introducer can be equally torqued in either direction through the medical adapter.