US 12,728,253 B2 · Disinfecting cap

Abstract

A device for cleaning medical implements is disclosed, in particular a device for cleaning vascular or other fluid access sites. The device includes a cap having an opening to receive an access site. The cap may be used in the following manner: A healthcare worker may, with gloved hands, open the cap packaging and place the cap over the port of a medical implement to be cleaned. The healthcare worker may wipe the site by either applying a turning motion or by simply pushing the cap onto the port. A cap in place on a medical implement may be a positive indication that a desired site of the medical implement is clean. The cap may include a disinfecting substance. Embodiments of the cap may comprise a cap body and a skirt.

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Dependent claims

A disinfecting cap for attachment to a port of a medical implement,

the cap comprising:
a cap body comprising:
a cavity portion comprising an open end, a closed end, and a sidewall extending between the open end and the closed end, the side wall at least partially enclosing an interior cavity,
a flange portion,
a first pillar extending between the cavity portion and the flange portion, and
a second pillar separate from the first pillar extending between the cavity portion and the flange portion;
a skirt comprising a skirt sidewall, a skirt end wall, an outer surface, a first aperture, and a second aperture;
wherein the skirt covers at least a portion of an exterior surface of the cap body cavity portion;
wherein the cap body flange portion covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the skirt;
and
wherein the cap body first pillar extends through the skirt first aperture and the cap body second pillar extends through the skirt second aperture.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Disinfecting cap

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Disinfecting cap

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