Strip package for antiseptic cap
AssigneeExcelsior Medical Corporation
InventorChristopher E. Gardner
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Abstract
A syringe assembly includes (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material is removably attached to the plunger. A strip package includes at least two cap assemblies. Each of the cap assemblies includes a cap holder and an antiseptic cap positioned in the cap holder. The antiseptic cap includes a sidewall defining a chamber and an antiseptic substance within the chamber. A strip extends over at least two cap assemblies. The strip includes a first seal engaged to the cap holder and a second seal engaged to the antiseptic cap.
Claims7
A method of using strip package for carrying at least two cap assemblies configured to disinfect one or more access sites, the method comprising:
- obtaining at least two cap assemblies, each of the at least two cap assemblies comprising:
- a cap holder comprising a holder outer wall and a holder inner surface forming a chamber, the chamber having an open end and a closed end, and
- an antiseptic cap configured to be positioned within the chamber of the cap holder, the antiseptic cap comprising a sidewall with a plurality of circumferentially spaced ribs extending radially outwardly and axially along at least a portion of the side wall, the sidewall forming a cap chamber and wherein an antiseptic substance is included within the cap chamber;
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- a strip extending over and forming a seal with each of the cap holders of each of the at least two cap assemblies, the strip comprising a perforation configured to allow a user to individually separate one or more of the at least two cap assemblies from the strip package along the perforation such that the seal with each of the one or more separated cap assemblies is maintained,
- removing a first cap assembly of the at least two cap assemblies from the strip package by breaking the seal between the strip and the respective cap holder of the first cap assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.