Patient fluid line access valve antimicrobial cap/cleaner
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsMinh Quang Hoang, Jonathan Karl Burkholz
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Abstract
Cap and cleaning devices antiseptically maintain patient fluid line access valves to minimize the risk of infection via catheters. The devices have a cap that may contain a dry pad impregnated with an antimicrobial agent. The cap covers the access portion of the access valve when not in use. The devices have a hood that contains a wet pad impregnated with a cleaning solution and, optionally, an antimicrobial agent. The wet pad cleans the access portion of the access valve prior to and optionally, after the access valve is utilized to access the patient fluid line.
Claims16
A device for cleaning a patient fluid line access valve comprising:
- a cap having an opening to an inner cavity, the opening receiving an access portion of an access valve;
- a pad including a cleaning agent, the pad at least partially disposed in the inner cavity and adapted to clean at least a portion of the access portion of the access valve;
- a space between an inner circumference of the cap and the access portion of the access valve when the access portion is received in the opening of the cap;
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- a removable seal attached to the cap to cover the opening to the inner cavity, the pad being disposed in the inner cavity, prior to receipt of the access portion of the access valve.
A device for cleaning a needleless access valve comprising:
- a cap having an inner cavity for receiving an access portion of an access valve, and at least one opening to the inner cavity for receiving the access portion of the access valve into the inner cavity;
- a protrusion extending inwardly into the inner cavity of the cap to attach the cap to at least a portion the access portion of the access valve received into the inner cavity to maintain the cap on the access valve;
- a cleaning agent disposed in the inner cavity, the cleaning agent being formulated to clean at least a portion of the access portion of the access valve received in the inner cavity of the cap;
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- a removable seal sealing the cleaning agent within the inner cavity prior to the inner cavity of the cap receiving the access portion of the access valve.
A device for cleaning a needleless access valve comprising:
- a cap having an inner cavity for receiving an access portion of the access valve, the cap loosely encompassing the access portion of the access valve received into the inner cavity of the cap;
- at least one protrusion extending inwardly into the inner cavity of the cap, the at least one protrusion engaging at least a portion of the access portion of the access valve received into the inner cavity of the cap to maintain the cap on the access valve;
- a cleaning agent disposed in the inner cavity, the cleaning agent being formulated to clean at least a portion of the access portion of the access valve received in the inner cavity of the;
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- a removable seal sealing the cleaning agent within the inner cavity prior to the inner cavity of the cap receiving the access portion of the access valve.
A device for cleaning a needleless access valve having a threaded access portion comprising:
- a cap having an inner cavity for receiving a threaded access portion of a valve via an opening to the inner cavity;
- a protrusion extending inwardly at least partially around an inside surface of the cap, the protrusion to attach the cap to at least a portion of the threaded access portion of the valve received in the inner cavity to maintain the cap on the valve;
- a cleaning agent disposed in the inner cavity, the cleaning agent being formulated to clean at least a portion of the threaded access portion of the valve received in the inner cavity;
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- a removable seal covering the opening to the inner cavity, the cleaning agent being within the inner cavity of the cap,
- wherein a space is defined at least between the access portion and the inside surface of the cap comprising the protrusion when the access portion is received in the inner cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.