IV access port cap for providing antimicrobial protection
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsYiping Ma, Siddarth Shevgoor
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Abstract
A cap is configured to provide antimicrobial protection to a female luer port of an intravenous device. The cap distributes an antimicrobial solution within the intraluminal surfaces of the port when the cap is connected to the port. A cap may also be designed to distribute an antimicrobial solution around the exterior surfaces of the port. Once connected to a port, the cap can form a seal that minimizes the evaporation of the antimicrobial solution from within the lumen of a port. The cap can therefore provide antimicrobial protection against another device that is connected to the port once the cap is removed.
Claims20
A cap for a port of an intravenous device, the cap comprising:
- a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including a cavity formed in the distal end of the body;
- an actuator having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the actuator being contained within the cavity, the distal end of the actuator extending out from the cavity and being configured to insert into the port of the intravenous device, the proximal end of the actuator being configured to move within the cavity between a distal position and a proximal position;
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- an absorbent material containing an antimicrobial solution, the absorbent material being contained within the cavity between the proximal end of the body and the proximal end of the actuator, the absorbent material being compressible;
- wherein when the cap is connected to the port of the intravenous device, the proximal end of the actuator is advanced proximally into the cavity from the distal position to the proximal position thereby compressing the absorbent material causing the antimicrobial solution to flow through the distal end of the actuator and onto an intraluminal surface of the port.
A cap for a port of an intravenous device, the cap comprising:
- a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including a cavity formed in the distal end of the body;
- an actuator having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the actuator being contained within the cavity, the distal end of the actuator extending out from the cavity and being configured to insert into the port of the intravenous device, the distal end of the actuator including a lumen, the proximal end of the actuator being configured to move within the cavity between a distal position and a proximal position;
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- an absorbent material containing an antimicrobial solution, the absorbent material being contained within the cavity between the proximal end of the actuator and an inner surface of the body;
- wherein prior to the cap being connected to the port of the intravenous device, the absorbent material remains uncompressed, and when the cap is connected to the port of the intravenous device, the actuator compresses the absorbent material causing the antimicrobial solution to flow through the lumen of the distal end of the actuator and into a lumen of the port.
A cap for a needleless connector of an intravenous device, the cap comprising:
- a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including a cavity formed in the distal end of the body;
- an absorbent material positioned within the cavity, the absorbent material containing an antimicrobial solution;
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- an actuator having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the actuator being contained within the cavity, the distal end of the actuator extending out from the cavity and being configured to insert into the needleless connector, the proximal end of the actuator being configured to move within the cavity between a distal position and a proximal position such that upon the cap being connected to the needleless connector, the needleless connector causes the proximal end of the actuator to compress the absorbent material thereby releasing the antimicrobial solution onto an intraluminal surface of the needleless connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.