Terminal self-releasing fluid reservoir
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsRobert J. Kruger, Con A. Lasaitis, Sheldon M. Wecker
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Abstract
A terminal reservoir capping device according to the present invention includes a hollow member having first and second open ends. A first plug seals the first open end such that the plug is inwardly displaceable into the hollow member. A second plug seals the second open end. A chamber is defined by the hollow member and the first and second plugs. A reservoir of disinfecting fluid or therapeutic drug is provided in the chamber. Axially extending from the first end of the hollow member is a mechanism for engaging and advancing the tube connector into the chamber so as to inwardly displace the first plug into the chamber. The plug self-releases and allows dispersal of the reservoir fluid into the tube connector.
Claims14
A terminal reservoir device for a connectable tube connector, comprising:
- a hollow member having first and second open ends;
- first means for sealing said first open end, said first sealing means being inwardly displaceable into the hollow member;
- second means for sealing said second open end;
- an enclosed chamber defined by said hollow member, said first sealing means and second sealing means;
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- means axially extending from said first end of said hollow member for engaging and advancing the connectable tube connector toward said chamber so as to inwardly displace the first sealing means into said chamber, wherein said first sealing means is a first plug member sealingly engageable in the first open end of the hollow member from the direction of the second end only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.