US 11,701,508 B2
Mechanical friction enhancement for threaded connection incorporating crushable ribs
Andrew Wong, East Hanover, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Company Limited, Dun Laoghaire (IE)
Filed by Becton Dickinson and Company Limited, Dun Laoghaire (IE)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/695,926.
Application 16/695,926 is a continuation of application No. 15/837,399, filed on Dec. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,518,077.
Application 15/837,399 is a continuation of application No. 14/278,684, filed on May 15, 2014, granted, now 9,968,771, issued on May 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/824,179, filed on May 16, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0094036 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/1011 (2013.01) [A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1033 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1044 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49948 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical connector comprising:
a body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end;
a helical thread extending radially outward from a surface of the sidewall and comprising a crest portion, flank portions, and a root portion, the flank portions connecting the crest portion to the root portion;
at least one deformable stop extending radially outward from the surface of the sidewall at the proximal end of the body; and
a connector surface extending from the proximal end of the body, wherein the at least one deformable stop extends from the connector surface in a distal direction.