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US 7,922,701 B2Granted
Catheter cleaning devices
OwnerAlan L. Buchmaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides catheter cleaning devices that are effective at reducing microbial contamination of a catheter port entry. For example, the invention provides a catheter, a catheter cleaning device and a catheter cleaning injection port cap, each of which reduces potential microbial contamination at a catheter port entry.
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A cleaning injection port cap, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical body comprising a passageway extending from a proximate end to a distal end, the proximate end being configured to open for receiving an end portion of a tube to be capped and to close for holding the end portion;
- an actuating member disposed on a middle portion of the body and configured to open only the proximate end of the body by squeezing the actuating member and to close the proximate end of the body by releasing the squeezed actuating member;
- a plurality of separable absorbent elements located within the passageway adjacent the proximal end;
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- a flexible fluid impermeable sheath covering and layered on at least a portion of an exterior of the body.
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A cleaning device, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical body having a cavity and a squeezing position disposed on a middle of the cylindrical body and configured to open only one end of the cleaning device from a closed state when compressed and to close said one end when released;
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- a scrubbing foam disposed in said cavity, the scrubbing foam comprising substantially half cylindrical shaped foams;
- wherein each of said half cylindrical shaped foams has a semicircle fluid impermeable member which prevents a solution from evaporating from said scrubbing foam and faces outward from said cavity when the cleaning device is in the closed state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.