Medical Connector With A Reversibly Deformable Lobe

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 slots, each slot extending from the circumferential region of the cap towards the central region, the slots defining at least one lobe, the at least one lobe including at least one resilient region and at its respective circumferential region:
• a lift tab projecting outward from the top surface, and
• a catch projecting inward from the bottom surface, the catch configured to releasably engage a circumferential recess defined in a side surface of the circular hub;
• 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 lobe and its respective catch radially to disengage from the circumferential recess.

A feeding extension set, comprising:

• a tube;
• and
• a connector in fluid communication with the tube, the connector configured for rotatably coupling 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 slots, each slot extending from the circumferential region of the cap towards the central region, the slots defining at least one lobe, the at least one lobe including a resilient region and at its respective circumferential region:
• an outward projecting lift tab, and
• an inward projecting catch, the catch configured to releasably engage a circumferential recess defined in a side surface of the circular hub,
• wherein the connector decouples from the circular hub by lifting at least one lift tab to reversibly displace the lobe and its respective catch radially via deformation of the resilient region to disengage from the circumferential recess.