Patent ID: 9381338
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A61J,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A connector for coupling a medical fluid supply tube to the head of a catheter device having a circular hub with a circumferential recess defined in a side surface of the circular hub, the connector comprising: a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central region, and a circumferential region radially inward of a circumferential edge; the cap defining at least two slots, each slot defined completely through the cap and extending through the circumferential edge of the cap towards the central region, the slots defining at least one lobe with a radially extending space in the cap along each side of the lobe and through the circumferential edge, the at least one lobe including: wherein the connector is free to rotate completely about the circular hub, and wherein the connector decouples from the circular hub by actuating the lift tab to reversibly displace the lobe and its respective catch radially by deforming the resilient region, in order to disengage the catch from the circumferential recess without displacing the circumferential edges of the cap adjacent to the lobe.