Rotating luer connector
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJohn Picot, Hong Zhu
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Abstract
A medical connector includes a body, a first connector defining a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the first connector to a second end of the first connector and a second connector secured to the body and in fluid communication with the first connector. The first connector is secured to and rotatable relative to the body about the longitudinal axis. The first connector includes a valve member and is configured to be secured to a syringe barrel. The valve member of the first connector having a sealed position and an open position. The valve member of the first connector is configured to move from the sealed position to the open position when a syringe barrel is secured to the first connector.
Claims17
A medical connector comprising:
- a body;
- a first connector defining a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the first connector to a second end of the first connector, the first end configured to receive a luer connector of a syringe barrel and the second end secured to and rotatable relative to the body by a predetermined angle of rotation greater than 45 degrees and less than 360 degrees about the longitudinal axis, the first connector comprising a valve member having a sealed position and an open position, the valve member of the first connector configured to move from the sealed position to the open position when a syringe barrel is secured to the first connector, wherein the first connector further comprises a dial member and a connector body, with the dial member offset from the connector body in a longitudinal direction such that the connector body is positioned at the first end and the dial member is positioned at the second end, with the dial member including:
- a stop rotatably engaging a structure on the body to restrict the rotation of the second end to the predetermined angle of rotation;
- and
- one or more projections configured to be engaged by a person;
- wherein rotation of the first connector relative to the body about the longitudinal axis is facilitated by engagement with the one or more projections by the person;
- and
- a second connector secured to the body and in fluid communication with the first connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.