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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:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, 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, West Jordan, UT (US);
James V. Mercer, West Jordan, UT (US);
Michael W. Howlett, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 41/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 41/02 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61L 2/16 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 39/162 (2013.01); A61M 39/20 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); Y10S 604/905 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are disinfecting caps that can be used to cover and disinfect both a male medical connector and needleless injection site when not in use or when disconnected from each other. The caps contain a disinfecting agent.