Protective membrane for medical luer connectors
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorsWesley Underwood, Jason Andrew Wine
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Abstract
A protective membrane for a medical luer connector may include a cover having an upper surface, a lower surface having a mating portion for coupling to a mating surface of the medical luer connector, and an outer perimetal surface. The protective membrane may further include a flexible pull tab extending from the outer perimetal surface of the cover, and an adhesive overlaying the mating portion of the lower surface for adhering to the mating surface of the medical luer connector.
Claims20
A protective membrane for a medical luer connector, the protective membrane comprising:
- a cover including an upper surface, a lower surface having a mating portion for coupling to a mating surface at a distal end of the medical luer connector, an outer perimetal surface, and at least one aperture positioned at a central longitudinal axis of the cover and extending through the upper surface and the lower surface;
- a flexible pull tab extending from the outer perimetal surface of the cover;
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- an adhesive overlaying the mating portion of the lower surface for adhering to the mating surface at the distal end of the medical luer connector such that the at least one aperture is coaxially located with a longitudinal luer axis of a male luer portion of the medical luer connector and positioned over a lumen of the male luer portion of the medical luer connector to permit ethylene oxide sterilization of the medical luer connector.
A protective membrane for a medical luer connector comprising:
- a medical luer connector comprising a distal end forming a mating surface, a male luer portion forming an inlet port and a lumen extending along a central longitudinal axis of the medical luer connector;
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- a protective membrane comprising a cover, an adhesive, and a flexible pull tab, the cover including an upper surface, a lower surface having a mating portion for coupling to the mating surface of the medical luer connector, an outer perimetal surface, and at least one aperture positioned at a central longitudinal axis of the cover and extending through the upper surface and the lower surface, and the adhesive disposed on the mating portion of the lower surface for adhering to the mating surface at the distal end of the medical luer connector such that the at least one aperture is coaxially located with a longitudinal luer axis of a male luer portion of the medical luer connector and positioned over a lumen of the male luer portion of the medical luer connector;
- and the flexible pull tab extending from the outer perimetal surface of the cover.
A protective membrane for a medical luer connector comprising:
- a medical luer connector comprising a distal end forming a mating surface, a male luer portion forming an inlet port, and a lumen extending through the male luer portion and along a central longitudinal axis of the medical luer connector;
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- a protective membrane comprising a thin-filmed sleeve including an exterior surface, an interior surface for coupling to an outer surface of the distal end of the medical luer connector, and a plurality of apertures extending through the exterior surface and the interior surface of the thin-filmed sleeve;
- wherein the thin-filmed sleeve comprises a heat-activatable material, which upon exposure to heat is configured to shrink from a first diameter of the interior surface to a second diameter of the interior surface where the interior surface has an interference fit with at least a portion of the outer surface of the medical luer connector and seals a sterile portion of the medical luer connector, and the plurality of apertures are configured to be positioned over the lumen of the medical luer connector to permit ethylene oxide sterilization of the medical luer connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.