Dialysis connector and cap compatible with gas sterilization
AssigneesBaxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
InventorsPatrick Jong Lee, Serhan Acikgoz, Yuanpang Samuel Ding
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Abstract
A dialysis disposable sterilization method including: fitting a cap to a connector such that a cap/connector interface can hold a pressure; applying a sterilizing gas through an inside of the connector such that the gas flows through (i) the inside of the connector, (ii) around to the outside of the connector, (iii) past a stabilization rib, and (iv) into contact with one side of the cap/connector interface; and applying the sterilizing gas at an outside of the cap such that the sterilizing gas flows around a bottom of the cap and contacts an opposing side of the cap/connector interface.
Claims11
A dialysis disposable sterilization method comprising:
- fitting a cap to a connector such that a cap/connector interface can hold a pressure;
- applying a sterilizing gas through an inside of the connector such that the gas flows through (i) the inside of the connector, (ii) around to the outside of the connector, (iii) past a plurality of stabilization ribs, wherein each of the stabilization ribs extends discontinuously along an inner wall of the cap, and (iv) into contact with one side of the cap/connector interface;
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- applying the sterilizing gas at an outside of the cap such that the sterilizing gas flows around a bottom of the cap and contacts an opposing side of the cap/connector interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.