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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2022
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Praveen Nalawade, Belagavi, IN;
Manish Kumar, Bengaluru, IN;
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A cap configured to engage different types of female connectors includes a housing having a closed bottom, an open top, and a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom with threads on an inner surface of the sidewall. The cap also includes a sleeve disposed in the housing with threads engaged to the threads of the housing configured to rotate relative to the housing, thereby moving the sleeve through the housing, and a gripper disposed at least partially in the sleeve having at least one flexible leg pressed radially inward by the sleeve as the sleeve moves through the housing. The cap also includes an absorbent support disposed in the gripper configured to clean and/or disinfect portions of the female connector.
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