Antiseptic cap that releases a gas such as nitric oxide
AssigneeExcelsior Medical Corporation
InventorsWilliam Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner, Chirag S. Walawalkar
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Abstract
An antiseptic medical cap that may include a base, a sidewall, and a chamber configured to receive a proximal end of a medical fluid port having an opening. The antiseptic medical cap, in some instances, may include an insert having a gas-releasing anti-microbial compound and/or include a nitric oxide-releasing system that is configured to be positioned at least partially through the opening of the medical fluid port when the antiseptic medical cap receives the proximal end of the medical fluid port into the chamber.
Claims20
An antiseptic medical cap comprising:
- a base comprising a proximal surface and a distal surface;
- a sidewall extending in a distal direction from the base, the sidewall comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
- a chamber configured to receive a proximal end of a medical fluid port having an opening;
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- an insert comprising a gas-releasing anti-microbial compound, the insert extending in the distal direction, the insert being configured to be positioned at least partially through the opening of the medical fluid port when the antiseptic medical cap receives the proximal end of the medical fluid port into the chamber.
An antiseptic medical cap comprising:
- a base;
- a sidewall extending in a distal direction;
- a chamber being sized and shaped so as to be capable of receiving a proximal end of a fluid port having an opening;
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- a nitric oxide-releasing system being configured to be at least partially inserted through the opening of the fluid port as the proximal end of the fluid port is received into the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.