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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Quest Medical, Inc., Allen, TX (US);
Jeffrey Albertsen, McKinney, TX (US);
Robert Mart, Colleyville, TX (US);
Andrew Nelson, Dallas, TX (US);
Savan Patel, Plano, TX (US);
Quest Medical, Inc., Allen, TX (US);
Abstract
A safety cap for use with a needleless connector. The safety cap includes a body configured to at least partially enclose a head of the needleless connector (NC). The body is configured to achieve a first configuration that can be securely sealed to the NC and a second configuration that cannot be securely sealed to the NC. The second configuration is different from the first configuration. The safety cap also includes a detent in communication with the body which is configured to prevent the body from transitioning from the second configuration back to the first configuration.