Patent ID: 8366648

Claim:
A medical connector, comprising: a connector body crossed by a cavity, the connector body having a first end which surrounds the cavity and a second end which surrounds the cavity; the first end defining an insertion axis of an external tubular element into the cavity; the connector body having a lateral surface exhibiting a recess; an engaging element having a manoeuvring portion at least partially housed in the recess and an engaging portion configured for coupling with the external tubular element; the engaging element being mobile with a possibility of assuming at least an engaged position, in which it is coupled with the external tubular element, and at least an inserted position, in which the external tubular element can insert into the cavity; the manoeuvring portion emerging from the recess in the engaged position and returning into the recess in the inserted position; and at least a signal associated to an external surface of the manoeuvring portion, the signal being conformed and arranged such as to exit from the recess in the engaged position in order to be visible to an external observer, and such as to return into the recess in the inserted position in order to be hidden from view, wherein the signal is a visual signal and comprises a coloured patch applied to the external surface of the manoeuvring portion.