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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:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
Applicants:
Catheter Connections, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
The University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Donald D. Solomon, North Salt Lake, UT (US);
F. Mark Ferguson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Robert Hitchcock, Sandy, UT (US);
Steven Bandis, South Jordan, UT (US);
James V. Mercer, West Jordan, UT (US);
Michael W. Howlett, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Catheter Connections, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are disinfecting caps that can be used to cover and disinfect a male luer post of a medical connector when not in use or when disconnected from its female connector counterpart. The caps are configured to engage threads of the connector. The caps contain a disinfecting agent disposed in a chamber of the cap.