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Tamper-resistant cap

Grant US12576257B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

CAREFUSION 303, INC.

Inventors

Jonathan Yeh, Marco Cheng

Abstract

A cap for coupling to a medical adapter may include a housing with a closed top end and an open bottom end with legs that extend from the housing away from the bottom end. Members may extend from an inner surface of the legs to engage and secure the cap to a medical adapter or an insert configured to mate with a medical adapter. A cap may include angular ridges between a cap housing and an insert to permit rotation of the cap in single direction and prevent removal of the cap from a medical adapter. A cap may include hinged legs to permit the cap to be secured to a medical adapter by rotating the legs toward each other until a portion of a collar on each leg may be matingly joined around the medical adapter.

CPC Classifications

A61M 5/3202 A61M 5/50 A61M 5/5096 A61M 39/1011 A61M 39/20 A61M 5/5086 A61J 1/1412 A61J 1/1425 B65D 41/16 B65D 43/0204 B65D 51/002 B65D 2401/30 B65D 2401/50

Filing Date

2023-10-13

Application No.

18486597

Claims

7