Coupling for medical apparatus tubes

US4405163A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Intermedicat GmbH · CH

Inventors

• Karl-Friedrich Voges · Homberg (Efze), DE
• Claus Haacke · Homberg (Efze), DE
• Peter Heise · Kassel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 1980
• Grant date: Sep 20, 1983
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S604/905
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A coupling for connecting the ends of medical apparatus tubes. The coupling has male and female conical mating elements on first and second end pieces. Each end piece is adapted to receive the end of a tube. The end pieces are locked together to prevent unintentional separation. Locking is achieved by at least one finger extending from one end piece to the other end piece. The finger, in addition to its locking function, resists tension when tensile stress is applied to a coupled tube.