Patent ID: 11918796
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. 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, 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,
wherein a connecting portion of the channel extends helically from a start portion of the channel to a connected portion of the channel, the connector body configured to axially move relative to the housing when the tab engages the connector body or the housing defining the connecting portion of the channel.