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US 12,350,390 B2Granted
Point of care ultraviolet disinfection system
AssigneePuraCath Medical, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Etter, John E. Ashley, Ian Tran, Jochen Backs, Julia A. Rasooly
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Abstract
Hand held and portable disinfection units for use with patients having indwelling catheters or are hospitalized or under care in an intensive care unit.
Claims40
A UV disinfection device for disinfecting catheter connectors, the UV disinfection device comprising
- a body having a first end and a second end, the body shaped to be held in a hand of a user;
- a barrel shaped opening positioned at or near the first end of the body, the opening shaped to receive a catheter connector;
- a cylindrical shaped kill zone within the opening;
- a UV-C transmissive lumen positioned within the kill zone;
- a plurality of UV-C LEDs positioned around a circumference of the kill zone at at least two circumferential planes along a length of the kill zone;
- a sensor to receive information based on a particular catheter connector being inserted in the barrel shaped opening;
- and
- a controller in operable communication with the sensor and the plurality of UV-C LEDs, wherein the controller is programmed to:
- receive, from the sensor, the information;
- in accordance with said information, authenticate the particular catheter connector, track compliance with disinfection protocols, and log user and patient information;
- and
- control the plurality of UV-C LEDs to disinfect the particular catheter connector based on the authentication of the particular catheter connector.
9 more elements
A disinfection device, comprising
- a body graspable by the hand of a user;
- an opening defined in the body for receiving a catheter connector;
- a UV-C transmissive lumen positioned in the opening;
- a plurality of UV-C LEDs positioned around the UV-C transmissive lumen;
- a sensor to receive information based on the catheter connector being received in the opening;
- and
- a controller in operable communication with the sensor and the plurality of UV-C LEDs, wherein the controller is programmed to:
- receive, from the sensor, the information;
- authenticate the catheter connector based on the received information;
- and
- control the plurality of UV-C LEDs to disinfect the catheter connector based on the authentication.
8 more elements
A disinfection device, comprising
- a body graspable by the hand of a user;
- an opening defined in the body;
- a UV-C transmissive lumen positioned in the opening;
- a plurality of UV-C LEDs positioned around the UV-C transmissive lumen;
- a sensor positioned in the opening;
- and
- a controller in operable communication with the sensor and the plurality of UV-C LEDs, wherein the controller is programmed to:
- receive, from the sensor, an input based on insertion of a catheter connector into the opening;
- authenticate the catheter connector based on the received input;
- and
- control the plurality of UV-C LEDs to disinfect the catheter connector based on the authentication.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.