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US 2019/0099239 A1Published application
Method of Disinfecting Ports in Central Venous Catheter Systems
OwnerWilliam J. Ready, Pranav Godbole +5inventors
InventorsWilliam J. Ready, Pranav Godbole, Bharathwaj Nandagopal, Mary Catherine Adams, Timothy Gassner, You Keun Kim, Ruifu Shi
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to systems for disinfecting Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system ports that use highly-abrasive and highly-conforming foam material in place of wipes or other sponge products, and methods for using such systems. The foam material may be an open-cell microabrasive material such as melamine foam. The foam material may contain disinfecting solutions such as isopropyl alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate, or povidone-iodine.
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A method comprising:
- providing a friction force between a shaped foam and a Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system port, wherein the shaped foam contains a disinfecting solution;
- listening for an audible feedback resulting from the friction force;
- and
- tailoring the friction force to produce the audible feedback.
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A method comprising:
- producing a sliding friction between a foam scrubber containing disinfecting solution and a Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system port;
- listening for a sound resulting from the sliding friction;
- and
- tailoring the sliding friction to produce the sound at a predetermined volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.