Open Female Luer Disinfecting Cap
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsManish Kumar, Karthik MR, Praveen Nalawade, Shishir Prasad
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Abstract
A disinfecting cap configured to engage an open female luer 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 absorbent support or sponge disposed in the housing configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and/or disinfecting portions of the open female luer connector engaged to the cap. The cap further includes a plug disposed in the housing configured to prevent ingress of the cleaning solution into a lumen in the open female luer connector.
Claims20
A disinfectant cap configured to engage an open female luer connector comprising a lumen, 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 defining a recess;
- a plug disposed in the recess of the housing configured to engage the open female luer connector for sealing the lumen of the open female connector;
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- an absorbent support disposed in the recess of the housing configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and/or disinfecting portions of the open female luer connector engaged to the cap.
A cap configured to engage an open female connector comprising a lumen, 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 defining a recess;
- a bellow comprising an open first end, an open second end, and at least one sidewall extending between the first end and the second end defining a cavity disposed in the recess defined by the housing;
- an absorbent support disposed in the cavity defined by the bellow and contained by the sidewall of the bellow configured to contain a cleaning solution for cleaning and disinfecting portions of the female connector engaged to the cap;
- a plug connected to the open first end of the bellow configured to further contain the absorbent support and prevent the cleaning solution from entering the lumen of the female connector.
A cap configured to engage a female connector comprising a lumen, the cap comprising:
- a rigid housing comprising an open first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second defining a recess;
- a sponge disposed in the recess defined by the housing configured to contain cleaning solution comprising at least one of Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA), chlorhexidine, or povidone-iodine for cleaning and disinfecting portions of the female connector engaged to the cap;
- a plug configured to be inserted into the lumen of the female connector to prevent IPA from entering the lumen of the female connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.