Disinfection device for female connectors
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsManish Kumar, Hemant Vilas Belsare, Praveen Nalawade
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Abstract
A device for connection to a female medical connector is disclosed, the device includes a cap, a scrubbing foam, an elastic sealing lip, and an absorbent material. The cap is configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap may include one or more threads adapted to engage with a female luer connector. The device may also include a peelable seal to maintain sterility prior to use and to prevent the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the chamber prior to use. Also described are methods of disinfecting a medical connector.
Claims23
A disinfection device for connection to a female medical connector, the disinfection device comprising:
- a cap comprising an integral body, a closed end, open proximal end, an annular wall having an exterior wall surface and an interior wall surface extending from the closed end to the open proximal end and defining a chamber, extending radially outward from the open proximal end defining an end face and an engagement surface, and a peripheral ledge disposed at the open proximal end, the peripheral ledge including a recessed cavity disposed within the interior wall surface near the open proximal end;
- a scrubbing foam housed in the recessed cavity of the peripheral ledge near the open proximal end, the scrubbing foam comprising a plurality of bristle-type precut projections;
- an elastic sealing lip disposed on the scrubbing foam, the sealing lip having a dilatable opening therethrough sized and adapted to receive a female medical connector, the recessed cavity securing the elastic sealing lip to the open proximal end;
- an absorbent material disposed in the chamber, the absorbent material having a lower portion disposed toward the closed end and an upper portion disposed adjacent the recessed cavity, the upper portion of the absorbent material surrounded by the scrubbing foam;
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- a disinfectant or antimicrobial agent disposed in the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.