Aseptic protector for skin penetrating devices

An aseptic protector for skin penetrating devices, comprising:

• an outer, air permeable tubular casing encasing an outer side surface of a solid, generally cylindrically shaped body of material, curable by air, to form a solid, generally cylindrically shaped body of deformable material;
• means for keeping the body of air curable material from being exposed to air prior to application of the aseptic protector to a skin penetrating device;
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• the body of deformable material formed by curing the body of air curable material having a longitudinal centerline, a length parallel to the longitudinal centerline greater than a protruding portion of a skin penetrating device to be protected by the body of deformable material and transverse dimensions perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline greater than corresponding transverse dimensions of a skin penetrating device to be protected by the body of deformable material whereby the body of deformable material encapsulates a protruding portion of the skin penetrating device within the body of deformable material from a location where the skin penetrating device protrudes from a skin surface to a location spaced outwardly from the skin surface to buffer and inhibit movement of the skin penetrating device;
• and the body of deformable material including aseptic means for contacting the skin surface and the skin penetrating device at the location where the skin penetrating device penetrates the skin surface to prevent, inhibit or arrest infection where the skin penetrating device penetrates the skin surface.

An aseptic protector for skin penetrating devices, comprising:

• a generally cylindrically shaped body of deformable material;
• the body of deformable material having a first end, to be placed against and conform to a skin surface, which includes aseptic means for contacting both the skin surface and a skin penetrating device at the location where the skin penetrating device penetrates the skin surface to prevent, inhibit or arrest infection where the skin penetrating device penetrates the skin surface;
• the body of deformable material having a longitudinal centerline, a length parallel to the longitudinal centerline, and transverse dimensions perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline adopted to be greater than corresponding transverse dimensions of a skin penetrating device to be protected by the body of deformable material;
• the body of deformable material having means for accepting and encapsulating a protruding portion of a skin penetrating device to be protected by the body of deformable material from a location where the skin penetrating device protrudes from a skin surface to a location spaced outwardly from the skin surface to buffer and inhibit movement of the skin penetrating device;
• the means for accepting and encapsulating a protruding portion of a skin penetrating device to be protected by the body of deformable material being a longitudinally extending slit in the body of deformable material that extends from an outer side surface of the body of deformable material to a central portion of the body of deformable material adjacent the longitudinal centerline of the body of deformable material whereby the body of deformable material can be spread apart along the slit to accept the protruding portion of the skin penetrating device and closed to encapsulate the protruding portion of the skin penetrating device within the body of deformable material;
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• an outer tubular casing, with a longitudinal slit aligned with the longitudinal slit in the body of deformable material, encasing the outer side surface of the body of deformable material;
• the outer tubular casing including a skirt which extends beyond the first end of the deformable material forming an aseptic veil, for placement about a skin penetrating device to be protected by the aseptic protector, that surrounds the location where the skin penetrating device penetrates the skin surface;
• and the longitudinal slit in the outer tubular casing continuing on into the skirt whereby the slit in the outer tubular casing including the skirt can be opened and closed when the slit in the body of deformable material is opened and closed to accept and encapsulate a protruding portion of a skin penetrating device within the body of deformable material.