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.
Claims17
A cap for a port of an intravenous device, the cap comprising:
- a body having a cavity;
- an actuator positioned in contact with the cavity, the actuator having a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a lumen extending therebetween, the lumen configured to allow fluid to freely flow between the proximal opening and the distal opening;
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- an absorbent material containing an antimicrobial solution, the absorbent material being contained within the body such that it is compressible;
- wherein when the cap is connected to a port of an intravenous device, the actuator is advanced into the cavity and compresses the absorbent material causing the antimicrobial solution to automatically flow through the lumen 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 cavity;
- an actuator positioned within the cavity, the actuator having a lumen extending therethrough;
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- an absorbent material containing an antimicrobial solution, the absorbent material being contained within the cavity between the actuator and an inner surface of the body;
- wherein prior to the cap being connected to a port of an intravenous device, the absorbent material remains uncompressed, and when the cap is connected to a port of an intravenous device, the actuator compresses the absorbent material causing the antimicrobial solution to flow through first and second flow pathways, wherein the first flow pathway extends through the lumen of the actuator into a lumen of the port, wherein the second flow pathway extends around an exterior of the actuator.
A cap for a needleless connector of an intravenous device, the cap comprising:
- a body having a cavity;
- an absorbent material positioned within the cavity, the absorbent material containing an antimicrobial solution;
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- an actuator positioned within the cavity against the absorbent material, the actuator being moveable within the cavity to compress the absorbent material such that upon the cap being connected to a needleless connector, the needleless connector causes the actuator to compress the absorbent material releasing the antimicrobial solution through first and second flow pathways, wherein the actuator comprises a lumen, wherein the first flow pathway extends through the lumen of the actuator into a lumen of the port, wherein the second flow pathway extends around an exterior of the actuator, wherein only the second flow pathway is blocked in response to a proximal end of the actuator contacting a seal disposed in the cavity of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.