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

Claim 0:
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.