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US 9,125,600 B2Granted
Medical device with incorporated disinfecting wipe and method of using same
OwnerGregory A. Steube, Richard L. Fiser +2inventors
InventorsGregory A. Steube, Richard L. Fiser, Michael J. Noble, Janice L. Sherman
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Abstract
A medical device including a barrel having an open first end and capable of supporting a needle at a second end of the barrel is provided and includes a lid releasably adhered to and overlying the open first end of the barrel in a fluid tight manner; and a pad secured to a surface of the lid such that the pad is disposed within a cavity of the barrel when the lid is adhered to the barrel, wherein the pad comprises a disinfecting solution.
Claims25
A medical needle device comprising:
- a barrel having an open first end and a second end having an opening configured to support a needle, the barrel defining a cavity in fluid communication with the opening, the cavity being configured to receive a blood collection tube;
- a lid releasably connected to and overlying the open first end of the barrel, an axial surface of the lid facing the cavity of the barrel;
- and
- a pad secured to the axial surface of the lid and disposed within the cavity of the barrel when the lid is connected to the barrel, the lid being positioned such that the pad extends into and is exposed to the cavity of the barrel when the lid is connected to the barrel, wherein the pad comprises a disinfecting solution.
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A medical needle device including a barrel having an open first end and capable of supporting a needle at a second end of the barrel, the medical needle device comprising:
- a lid releasably connected to the barrel, the lid including:
- a first layer releasably adhered to and overlying the open first end of the barrel;
- and
- a second layer releasably adhered to the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer define at least one of a fluid and vapor tight pocket therebetween, wherein the second layer of the lid is adhered to the first layer of the lid such that upon application of force, the second layer is separated from the first layer before the lid is separated from the barrel;
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- a pad disposed within the pocket of the lid, wherein the pad comprises a disinfecting solution.
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A medical device comprising:
- a barrel having an open first end and a second end having an opening configured to support a needle, the barrel defining a cavity in fluid communication with the opening, the cavity being configured to receive a blood collection tube;
- a lid releasably adhered to and overlying the open first end of the barrel in at least one of a fluid tight manner and a vapor tight manner, an axial surface of the lid facing the cavity of the barrel;
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- a pad secured to the axial surface of the lid such that the pad is disposed within the cavity of the barrel when the lid is adhered to the barrel, the lid being positioned such that the pad extends into and is exposed to the cavity of the barrel when the lid is connected to the barrel, wherein the pad is saturated with a disinfecting solution.
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A method of collecting a fluid sample from a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a medical needle device including a barrel having an open first end and supporting a needle at a second end of the barrel, the barrel defining a cavity in fluid communication with the needle, the cavity being configured to receive a blood collection tube, the medical needle device including:
- a lid releasably connected to and overlying the open first end of the barrel, an axial surface of the lid facing the cavity of the barrel;
- and
- a pad secured to the axial surface of the lid and disposed within the cavity of the barrel when the lid is connected to the barrel, the lid being positioned such that the pad extends into and is exposed to the cavity of the barrel when the lid is connected to the barrel, the pad comprising a disinfecting solution;
- peeling the lid away from the medical needle device to expose the pad;
- wiping the pad across an area of the skin of the patient to be penetrated by the needle of the medical needle device;
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- penetrating the skin of the patient, in the area wiped by the pad, with the needle of the medical needle device.
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A method of collecting a fluid sample from a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a medical needle device including a barrel having an open first end and supporting a needle at a second end of the barrel, the medical needle device including:
- a lid releasably connected to the barrel, the lid including:
- a first layer releasably adhered to and overlying the open first end of the barrel;
- and
- a second layer releasably adhered to the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer define at least one of a fluid and vapor tight pocket therebetween, wherein the second layer of the lid is adhered to the first layer of the lid such that upon application of force, the second layer is separated from the first layer before the lid is separated from the barrel;
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- a pad disposed within the pocket of the lid, wherein the pad comprises a disinfecting solution;
- peeling the first layer of the lid at least partially away from the second layer of the lid to expose the pad;
- removing the pad from the pocket;
- wiping the pad across an area of the skin of the patient to be penetrated by the needle of the medical needle device;
- and
- penetrating the skin of the patient, in the area wiped by the pad, with the needle of the medical needle device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.