Disinfecting Cap For Male Connectors
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsShishir Prasad, Karthik MR, Manish Kumar, Balaji Kannan
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Abstract
A cap configured to engage a male connector includes a housing having an open first end, a second end, and at least one sidewall extending between the first end and the second end. The cap also includes an outer absorbent support disposed in the housing defining a recess and a socket disposed in the recess of the outer absorbent support configured to engage the male connector for retaining the male connector within the housing. The cap also includes an inner absorbent support disposed in the socket configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and/or disinfecting portions of the male connector engaged to the cap.
Claims20
A cap configured to engage a male connector, the cap comprising:
- a housing comprising an open first end, a second end, and at least one sidewall extending between the first end and the second end;
- an outer absorbent support disposed in the housing defining a recess;
- a socket disposed in the recess of the outer absorbent support configured to engage the male connector for retaining the male connector within the housing;
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- an inner absorbent support disposed in the socket configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and/or disinfecting portions of the male connector engaged to the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.