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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
John Lipchitz, Billerica, MA (US);
Justin Dye, Mansfield, MA (US);
Alfred Rodrigue Berube, Jr., North Attleboro, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A medical assembly includes a cannula and a sealing cap releasably coupled to the cannula. The cap includes a body and a sealing member integrally molded with the body to form a fluid-tight seal between the cap and cannula. The cap includes a member defining an opening for passage of a medical instrument therethrough in a fluid-tight manner. The member includes a first portion surrounding the opening and being thickened to limit tearing of the first portion, and a second portion surrounding the first portion being tapered down in thickness toward the first portion to increase flexibility of the member. The assembly includes a shaft receivable in a lumen defined by an inner surface of the cannula. The shaft includes a protrusion and the inner surface further defines a protrusion receiving formation.