Luer lock fittings connect to a standard syringe and offer convenience and ease of use for clarification, sterilization*, and removal of particulates from small volumes of liquid (e.g., HPLC samples and solvents).

*Refers to sterilization by filtration for small sample use which is an industry term for filters of pore size 0.2 um or smaller as referenced in guidance such as EPA Guidance for Industry Sterile Drug Products Produced by Aseptic Processing — Current Good Manufacturing Practice Section IX, Part B (September 2004).