#$%^&*AU2015201694A120150423.pdf#####45 ABSTRACT This invention relates to a connector for use in a respiratory gas sampling and/or 5 delivery tubing systems. The connector comprises: a primary female connector having a form of a tapered cone, wherein at its deepest point, the tapered cone inverts back into a secondary male section and returns into a void of said primary female connector, such that a distal end of said secondary male section is located within the void of said primary female connector, the void being defined by an 10 interior bore of said primary female connector, wherein said secondary male section comprises an outer wall and an inner wall, said inner wall being non-tapered thereby forming an inner fluid flow channel, of a diameter dl, and wherein said secondary male section of said primary female connector comprises a first electric material, wherein said first electric material is configured to close a circuit with a [5 second electric material positioned on a primary male connector when said primary female connector and said primary male connector are correctly placed with respect to one another.1 11 EMIN FIG. 1A 12 14 10 a e-EAVG FIG. 1B 12 14 1 EMAX FIG. IC
