January 30, 2008 -- Colder Products Company says its small bore SRC connector provides medical personnel with a tubing connector that is designed to eliminate potential misconnections that can occur with luer fittings.
In medical settings, accidental tubing misconnections to the wrong line or device, such as an air hose to an intravenous line, can be extremely dangerous to patients, if not deadly, notes the company. As a result, the SRC connector is a good choice for a range of liquid media and gas applications such as blood and bodily fluid handling, and air driven devices.
"The SRC is a safer small bore connector for medical tubing applications," comments Jim Brown, medical business unit manager at Colder. "Not only does it eliminate the potential for dangerous tubing misconnections with luer fittings, it has a more secure latch design and allows tubing rotation to prevent accidental disconnections or kinked tubing."
The company says the connector's design is simple to use and provides an audible "click" for added assurance of a secure, leak-free connection. There is no twisting required to connect tubing. Users simply push the two halves together for an obvious, secure connection.
The SRC connector features a dual elastomeric seal. Integral to the body, it creates a smooth, gap-free flow path for improved flow characteristics, without any areas for fluid to collect.
Designed for use with 1/8" and 3/16" inside diameter (ID) tubing, the small bore connector provides a smaller profile than other quick disconnect couplings, says Colder. The SRC is made from Class VI, animal-free materials and can withstand gamma, e-beam and EtO sterilization.
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