Methods for disinfecting a luer connector medical device
Assignee1WorldVista Medical, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Ferlic
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Abstract
Devices and methods for sterilizing the outer and inner surfaces of a working end-site of a medical device such as a catheter hub, luer connector, luer component, needleless access site, and/or access port are discussed. The sterilizing device can include a housing, a sterilizing element including an antipathogenic agent configured for sterilizing the working end-site of a medical device, and a cap hingedly coupled to the housing and configured to hermetically seal the sterilizing element within the housing. One or more features on the cap and housing serve to hermetically seal the cap to the housing prior to use.
Claims28
A method of cleaning a luer connector of a medical device, the method comprising:
- receiving a sterilizing device carrying an anti-pathogenic agent;
- inserting the luer connector into the sterilizing device;
- following the step of inserting, twisting the sterilizing device relative to the luer connector such that the sterilizing device threadably engages threads of the luer connector and secures to the luer connector;
- maintaining the sterilizing device as secured to the luer connector for an application time period;
- wherein the steps of twisting and maintaining apply an inclusive layer of the anti-pathogenic agent onto a surface of the luer connector;
- and
- removing the sterilizing device from the luer connector upon expiration of the application time;
- wherein the application time period is not greater than 30 seconds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.