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US 12,605,478 B2Granted
Disinfection device with fatigue-based indicator
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsShishir Prasad, Mohammed Mehtab Khan, Prasad Govindaraj, Kaushik Suman, Aniket Kulkarni
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Abstract
Provided herein is a disinfecting device, including a housing having a proximal end, a distal end having an opening therein, and a sidewall therebetween defining an interior in fluid communication with the opening, one or more flanges arranged at the distal end of the housing, and a disinfecting solution received within the interior, wherein the sidewall includes a deformable portion adjacent the distal end.
Claims21
A disinfecting device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a circumference, a closed proximal end, a distal end having an opening therein, and a sidewall therebetween defining an interior in fluid communication with the opening, the sidewall including a deformable portion and a remaining portion;
- one or more flanges at the distal end of the housing comprising a radially inward-extending portion;
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- a disinfecting solution absorbed within a porous material within the interior and adjacent the clos proximal end of the housing,
- wherein the deformable portion extends about the circumference of the housing adjacent the one or more flanges at the distal end and between the one or more flanges and the porous material, the deformable portion integral with the housing, and the deformable portion weaker than a remaining portion of the sidewall and configured to provide to a user of the disinfecting device a visual indication that the disinfecting device has been used.
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