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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1997
Raymond P Feith, Rialto, CA (US);
Gary S Werschmidt, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Tim Truitt, Orange, CA (US);
The KippGroup, Ontario, CA (US);
Abstract
A protective cap for use with a luer lock system. The protective cap includes a tubular body having an inner surface and a closed end. Internal threads are formed on the inner surface which are sized and shaped to engage with an external threads on the associated luer component. A crush thread is formed adjacent to a portion of the inner threads and protrudes radially inward from the inner surface of the protective cap. The crush thread is configured for engagement with the external threads on the luer component such that when the protective cap is threaded onto the luer component, the crush threads frictionally interfere with the external threads. This frictional interference resists decoupling and thus removal of the protective cap from the luer component.