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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Applicants:
Catheter Connections, Inc., 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);
Steven Bandis, West Jordan, UT (US);
James V. Mercer, West Jordan, UT (US);
Michael W. Howlett, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Robert Hitchcock, Sandy, UT (US);
James Paul Kennedy, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Richard Lasher, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Catheter Connections, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/03 (2006.01); A01N 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/162 (2013.01); A61M 39/165 (2013.01); A61M 39/20 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1033 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1038 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01); Y10S 604/905 (2013.01);
Abstract
Caps can be used to cover and disinfect medical connectors. Some caps can create a seal with the medical connectors to prevent antiseptic from entering a fluid paths defined by a connector. Support members can aid in creating or maintaining the seal.