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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Michael J. Ferlic, Roseville, MN (US);
Inventor:
Michael J. Ferlic, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/235 (2006.01); A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 2/235 (2013.01); A61M 39/16 (2013.01); A61M 39/20 (2013.01); A61B 90/40 (2016.02); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3106 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods for sterilizing the outer and inner surfaces of a working end-site of a medical device such as a catheter hub, luer connector, luer component, needleless access site, and/or access port are discussed. The sterilizing device can include a housing, a sterilizing element including an antipathogenic agent configured for sterilizing the working end-site of a medical device, and a cap hingedly coupled to the housing and configured to hermetically seal the sterilizing element within the housing. One or more features on the cap and housing serve to hermetically seal the cap to the housing prior to use.