US 12,403,295 B2
Fluid connector system
Amarsinh Deeliprao Jadhav, Hyderabad (IN); Mohamed Shafiq, Bangalore (IN); and Kowshika K, Tirupur (IN)
Assigned to CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,085.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/397,139, filed on Aug. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0050728 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 39/26 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/26 (2013.01) [A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/24 (2013.01); A61M 2039/2433 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid connector system comprising:
a first connector comprising:
a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, an inner surface forming a housing channel extending between a proximal opening and a distal opening of the housing, an insert coupled with the proximal opening, and a first valve positioned in the housing channel and between the insert and the housing; and
a second connector comprising:
a body having a proximal end and a distal end, an inner surface forming a body channel extending between a proximal opening and a distal opening of the body, and a second valve positioned in the body channel, wherein an outer surface of the distal end of the body forms a protrusion and one or more arm, wherein the one or more arm extends along the protrusion;
wherein, when the first and second connectors are coupled together, the one or more arm is engaged against the housing to resist separation of the first and second connectors, and the protrusion extends to the proximal opening of the housing to engage against the first valve and open a fluid passageway through the first and second connectors.