Self-disinfecting medication vial cap assembly
OwnerStephen Daileyinventor
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Abstract
A self-disinfecting medication vial cap assembly for a medication vial includes a needle-penetrable assembly base configured for attachment to the medication vial; an assembly cap carried by the assembly base, the assembly base and the assembly cap having a cap interior and the assembly cap positional between closed and open positions; a rupturable antiseptic pouch attached to the assembly base and the assembly cap in the cap interior; and an antiseptic contained in the antiseptic pouch. The antiseptic pouch remains intact in the closed position of the assembly cap. The antiseptic pouch ruptures and the antiseptic is discharged onto the assembly base upon movement of the assembly cap from the closed position to the open position.
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A self-disinfecting medication vial cap assembly for a medication vial, comprising:
- a needle-penetrable assembly base configured for attachment to the medication vial;
- an assembly cap carried by the assembly base, the assembly base and the assembly cap having a cap interior and the assembly cap positional between closed and open positions;
- a rupturable antiseptic pouch attached to the assembly base and the assembly cap in the cap interior;
- an antiseptic contained in the antiseptic pouch;
- the antiseptic pouch remains intact in the closed position of the assembly cap;
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- the antiseptic pouch ruptures and the antiseptic is discharged onto the assembly base upon and coincident with movement of the assembly cap from the closed position to the open position.
A self-disinfecting medication vial cap assembly for a medication vial, comprising:
- a needle-penetrable assembly base configured for attachment to the medication vial;
- an assembly cap carried by the assembly base, the assembly base and the assembly cap having a cap interior and the assembly cap positional between closed and open positions;
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- a rupturable antiseptic pouch attached to the assembly base and the assembly cap in the cap interior, the antiseptic pouch including:
- a rupturable pouch membrane having a pouch interior;
- at least one membrane perforation in the pouch membrane;
- and
- an antiseptic contained in the antiseptic pouch;
- the antiseptic pouch remains intact in the closed position of the assembly cap;
- and
- the antiseptic pouch ruptures and the antiseptic is discharged onto the assembly base upon movement of the assembly cap from the closed position to the open position.
A self-disinfecting medication vial cap assembly for a medication vial, comprising:
- a needle-penetrable assembly base including:
- a generally disc-shaped assembly base body;
- a stopper opening in the assembly base body;
- a needle-penetrable assembly stopper seated in the stopper opening;
- an assembly base wall extending from the assembly base body;
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- a plurality of assembly attachment cleats carried by the assembly base wall, the assembly attachment cleats configured for attachment to the medication vial;
- an assembly cap carried by the assembly base, the assembly base and the assembly cap having a cap interior and the assembly cap positional between closed and open positions;
- a plurality of frangible cap tabs connecting the assembly cap to the assembly base in the closed position;
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- a rupturable antiseptic pouch attached to the assembly base in the cap interior, the antiseptic pouch including:
- a rupturable pouch membrane having a pouch interior;
- a membrane flap connecting the pouch membrane to the assembly cap;
- at least one membrane perforation in the pouch membrane;
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- an antiseptic contained in the antiseptic pouch;
- the antiseptic pouch remains intact in the closed position of the assembly cap;
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- the antiseptic pouch ruptures and the antiseptic is discharged onto the assembly base upon movement of the assembly cap from the closed position to the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.