Patent 8042838 was granted and assigned to Nxstage Medical, Inc. on October, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Devices can use various features to prevent the disconnection of connectors used in medical treatments. For example, a disconnection prevention member can have ends which hold luer connectors such that a male luer connector is prevented from separating from a female luer connector. The member can thus prevent disconnection of luer connectors that are incompletely mated.