Patent ID: 7674254

Claim:
A connector ( 10 ) for sterile connection to a complementary connector ( 12 ), wherein the connector ( 10 ) comprises a connector housing ( 14 ) with a sensor chamber ( 38 ) and with: an engagement device ( 16 ), which is designed such that it enters into engagement with a complementary engagement device ( 18 ) of the complementary connector ( 12 ) essentially along an engagement direction ( 44 ), and that, after the engagement device ( 16 ) enters into engagement with the complementary engagement device ( 18 ), the connector ( 10 ) is configured to be displaced the complementary connector ( 12 ) essentially along the engagement direction ( 44 ); a feed-through opening ( 24 ), for feeding a sensor device ( 34 ) through; a displaceable, sterile covering device ( 22 ), which is configured to close the feed-through opening ( 24 ) in an essentially sterile manner, and that, when the connector ( 10 ) is displaced relative to the complementary connector ( 12 ), the covering device ( 22 ) is displaced relative to the connector ( 10 ) essentially along the engagement direction ( 44 ), and with an essentially sterile sensor device ( 34 ) disposed at least partly within the sensor chamber ( 38 ), wherein the sensor device ( 34 ) is movable relative to the connector housing ( 14 ) essentially along a sensor displacement direction ( 52 ), and wherein the engagement direction ( 44 ) differs from the sensor displacement direction ( 52 ), and whereby the sensor chamber ( 38 ) is formed at least partly of a flexible material configured to reset and is prestressed along the sensor displacement direction ( 52 ), so that a force is transmitted to the sensor ( 34 ) and the sensor ( 34 ) is moved automatically along the sensor displacement direction and toward the complementary connector ( 12 ) as soon as the connector ( 10 ) and the complementary connector ( 12 ) are in a use position.