Methods and apparatus for treatment of luer connectors
AssigneeCatheCare LLC
InventorsAonnicha Burapachaisri, Chanond Sophonpanich, Charles Pan, Aishwarya Raja
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Abstract
Devices, methods, and systems for a luer connector treatment device are described herein. The luer connector treatment device may include one or multiple sources of UV radiation configured to emit UV radiation capable of sterilizing the contents of a treatment chamber while a first medical device (e.g., catheter) is connected to a secondary medical device, and while the first medical device is separate from a secondary medical device. Sources of UV radiation may be located along both a cap and body of the luer connector treatment device.
Claims24
A luer connector treatment device comprising:
- a first housing component having at least one source of UV radiation;
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- a second housing component reversibly coupled to said first housing component, the second housing component further comprising
- a treatment chamber disposed therein and including at least two luer connectors formed in at least one surface of the second housing component, and
- at least one source of UV radiation;
- wherein the at least one source of UV radiation of the first housing component is configured to emit UV radiation into the treatment chamber when the first housing component is engaged with or disengaged from the second housing component, and
- wherein the at least one source of UV radiation of the second housing component is configured to emit UV radiation into the treatment chamber when the first housing component is engaged with or disengaged from with the second housing component.
A luer connector treatment device comprising:
- a housing component further comprising a treatment chamber disposed therein, said treatment chamber including at least two luer connectors formed in at least one surface of the housing component;
- an occlusion component mechanism coupled to the housing component that reversibly occludes the treatment chamber from an external environment;
- wherein the housing component has at least one source of UV radiation configured to emit UV radiation into the treatment chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.