US 11,918,796 B2
Syringe adapter with secure connection
Jayeon Kim, River Edge, NJ (US); and Christopher Lee, Union City, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Company Limited, Dun Laoghaire (IE)
Filed by Becton Dickinson and Company Limited, Dun Laoghaire (IE)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,315.
Application 17/327,315 is a continuation of application No. 16/381,489, filed on Apr. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,040,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/659,854, filed on Apr. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268204 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/345 (2013.01) [A61M 5/347 (2013.01); A61M 5/348 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical connector comprising:
a housing having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end of the housing, the housing defining a passageway; and
a connector body having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end of the connector body, the connector body having a connection member configured to be secured to a mating connector, wherein one of the housing and the connector body includes a tab and the other of the housing and the connector body defines a channel that receives the tab, the channel comprising a reset portion that is radially inclined relative to a longitudinal axis of the connector body, and wherein the connector body is movable relative to the housing between a first position where the connector body is restricted from rotating relative to the housing in a first rotational direction and free to rotate relative to the housing in a second rotational direction, and a second position where the connector body is free to rotate about an entire perimeter of the housing in the first and second rotational directions.