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US 12,661,492 B2Granted
Sanitizing caps for medical connectors
AssigneeICU Medical, Inc.
InventorThomas F. Fangrow
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Abstract
Antiseptic caps that can be used to disinfect and/or protect medical connectors are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the antiseptic cap can include a first chamber configured to be removably attached to the medical connector.
Claims21
A sanitizing male luer cap comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- an outer wall,
- a bottom wall, and
- a first chamber being at least partially enclosed by the outer wall and the bottom wall;
- an inner protrusion extending upwardly from the bottom wall of the housing, the inner protrusion comprising:
- an inner surface, and
- a second chamber being at least partially formed by the inner surface of the inner protrusion, at least a portion of the inner surface of the inner protrusion being tapered and configured to tightly receive at least a portion of a male luer of a medical connector;
- an antiseptic material comprising an opening for receiving the male luer and an antiseptic liquid within the antiseptic material, the antiseptic material being attached to an upper end of the inner protrusion and extending across an opening to the second chamber such that the antiseptic material is configured to wipe and to apply the antiseptic liquid to a distal end face and a side wall of the male luer as the male luer is advanced into the second chamber;
- and
- a lid being configured to enclose the first chamber and resist escape of the antiseptic liquid from the first chamber before use;
- wherein an interior surface of the outer wall of the housing does not contact the medical connector when the sanitizing male luer cap is attached to the medical connector such that a gap is formed between the interior surface of the outer wall of the housing and the medical connector.
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A sanitizing luer cap comprising:
- an antiseptic material being configured to sanitize a male luer end of a medical connector when the sanitizing luer cap is attached to the medical connector by wiping and applying an antiseptic liquid to a distal end face and a side wall of the male luer end;
- and
- a housing having an interior surface forming a chamber;
- a protrusion positioned within the chamber, the protrusion comprising:
- an outer surface being coupled to the antiseptic material,
- an opening being configured to receive the male luer end of the medical connector,
- a distal portion comprising a first inner cross-sectional width, the distal portion of the protrusion being configured to receive at least a portion of the antiseptic material when the sanitizing luer cap receives the medical connector, and
- a proximal portion comprising a second inner cross-sectional width being different than the first inner cross-sectional width, the proximal portion of the protrusion being configured to couple to the portion of the male luer end when the sanitizing luer cap attaches to the medical connector and to hold the sanitizing luer cap on the medical connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.