Medical Connector With Lift Tabs

An extension set connector for coupling to a base of an enteral feeding device equipped with a circular hub having a radius, a top surface, a side surface, and a circumferential recess defined in the side surface, the connector comprising:

• a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central region, and a circumferential region;
• the cap defining at least two pairs of slots, each slot extending from the circumferential region of the cap towards the central region and each pair of slots dividing the cap into a plurality of lobes comprising:
• at least two fixed lobes located on opposed portions of the cap, and
• at least two resilient lobes, each resilient lobe being separated by a fixed lobe, each resilient lobe including at its respective circumferential region:
• an outwardly projecting lift tab,
• an inwardly projecting catch that is configured to releasably engage a circumferential recess defined in a side surface of the circular hub, and
• at least a resilient region;
• and
• a conduit defining a fluid pathway through the connector, the conduit configured to supply a feeding solution to a lumen of the enteral feeding device,
• wherein the connector is coupled to the circular hub by catches that engage the circumferential recess defined in the side surface of the circular hub such that the connector is free to rotate completely about the circular hub, and wherein the connector decouples from the circular hub by lifting at least one lift tab to reversibly displace the resilient lobe and its respective catch radially to disengage from the circumferential recess.

A feeding extension set, comprising:

• an enteral feeding extension tube;
• and
• a connector in fluid communication with the enteral feeding extension tube, the connector configured for rotatably coupling the enteral feeding extension tube to an enteral feeding device having a circular hub, the connector including a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central region, and a circumferential region;
• the cap defining at least two pairs of slots, each slot extending from the circumferential region of the cap towards the central region and each pair of slots dividing the cap into a plurality of lobes comprising:
• at least two fixed lobes located on opposed portions of the cap, and
• at least two resilient lobes, each resilient lobe being separated by a fixed lobe, each resilient lobe including at its respective circumferential region:
• an outwardly projecting lift tab,
• an inwardly projecting catch that is configured to releasably engage a circumferential recess defined in a side surface of the circular hub, and
• at least a resilient region;
• wherein the connector decouples from the circular hub by lifting at least one lift tab to reversibly displace the resilient lobe and its respective catch radially to disengage from the circumferential recess.