Antimicrobial obturator for use with vascular access devices
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJonathan Karl Burkholz, Siddarth K. Shevgoor
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Abstract
An obturator can include antimicrobial features which assist in sterilizing or maintaining the sterility of fluid contained within a vascular access device while the device is not being used for infusion or other access to the patient's vasculature. These antimicrobial features include antimicrobial coatings applied to various surfaces of an obturator and antimicrobial components bonded or otherwise secured to an obturator. Various combinations of antimicrobial coatings and/or components can be used on an obturator as necessary to provide a desired amount of antimicrobial agents within a particular enclosed volume of a vascular access device.
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An obturator for a vascular access device, the obturator comprises:
- a catheter portion configured to be inserted through a lumen of the vascular access device and into a proximal end of a catheter of the vascular access device while the catheter is placed intravenously within a patient;
- and
- a cap portion configured to secure the obturator to the vascular access device;
- wherein the catheter portion includes an antimicrobial coating configured to release an antimicrobial agent into fluid contained within the vascular access device.
An obturator for a vascular access device, the obturator comprising:
- a catheter portion configured to be inserted through a lumen of the vascular access device and into a proximal end of a catheter of the vascular access device while the catheter is placed intravenously within a patient;
- a middle portion configured to be positioned within the lumen of the vascular access device while the catheter portion is inserted into the catheter;
- a cap portion configured to secure the obturator to the vascular access device;
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- an antimicrobial ring positioned around the middle portion, the antimicrobial ring configured to release an antimicrobial agent into fluid contained within the lumen of the vascular access device.
An obturator for a vascular access device, the obturator comprising:
- a catheter portion configured to be inserted through a lumen of the vascular access device and into a proximal end of a catheter of the vascular access device while the catheter is placed intravenously within a patient;
- a base portion configured to be inserted into the lumen to seal the lumen;
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- an antimicrobial component configured to release an antimicrobial agent into fluid contained within the lumen of the vascular access device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.