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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Kevin M. Ryan, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A universal cap for connection to medical connectors facilitates easier cap alignment and engagement with threaded male or female Luer medical connectors and enhanced connector disinfection. A split-collar protrusion projects axially from a closed end wall of the cap towards the open bottom and comprises at least an opposed pair of parallel, sector-shaped, collet fingers/prongs that terminate in protrusion tips. The inner wall of each collet finger respectively defines a split-flange cantilever. Inner and outer walls of each collet finger define split threads, which are respectively sized for mating engagement with respective corresponding threads of Luer connectors. An antibacterial infused absorbent material is oriented between the split flanges and the cap bottom. As the cap is affixed to a Luer connector, absorbent material compression biases the split flanges and deflects the collet fingers/prongs, for easier cap alignment and engagement with Luer medical connectors and enhanced connector disinfection.
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