Male Disinfection Cap
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsShishir Prasad, Praveen Nalawade
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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 housing also includes a protrusion configured to engage the male connector for retaining the male connector within the housing and a center post for sealing a lumen in the male connector. The cap also includes an outer absorbent support disposed in the recess between the sidewall of the housing and the protrusion and an inner absorbent support disposed in the recess between the protrusion and the center post configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and/or disinfecting portions of the male connector including the tip 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 closed second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end;
- a protrusion extending from the closed second end of the housing towards the open first end of the housing configured to engage the male connector for retaining the male connector within the housing and defining a first recess between the sidewall of the housing and the protrusion;
- a center post extending from the closed second end of the housing towards the open first end of the housing configured to engage the male connector and defining a second recess between the protrusion and the center post;
- an outer absorbent support disposed in the first recess configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and disinfecting portions of the male connector engaged to the cap;
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- an inner absorbent support disposed in the second recess configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and disinfecting portions of the male connector engaged to the cap.
A cap configured to engage a male connector comprising a central lumen and an annular shield, the cap comprising:
- a housing comprising an open first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, and a protrusion comprising an open first end and a sidewall extending from the second end of the housing towards the open first end generally parallel to the sidewall of the housing configured to engage the male connector for retaining the male connector within the housing, and a center post extending from the center of the second end of the housing towards the center of the open first end of the housing configured to be inserted into and block the central lumen of male connector;
- an outer absorbent support disposed in the housing between the sidewall of the housing and the sidewall of the protrusion configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and disinfecting portions of the male connector engaged to the cap including the annular shield of the male connector;
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- an inner absorbent support disposed between the protrusion and the center post configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and disinfecting portions of the male connector engaged to the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.