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Disinfecting cap for open female luer devices

Grant US12576260B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

Inventors

Alan R. Dombrowski, John C. Detloff

Abstract

Disclosed is a cap configured for removable attachment a medical device. The cap has a body with an opening, a bottom, and a chamber defined between the opening and the bottom. The cap has a wall of the chamber comprising a thread originating proximate the opening and extending into the chamber by a height. The height of the thread increases as a function of increasing distance from the opening. A liquid disinfectant is contained within the chamber.

CPC Classifications

A61M 39/162 B29C 2043/024 B29C 45/2618 B29C 33/44 B29C 37/0014 B29C 45/4407 B29C 2045/4492

Filing Date

2023-11-29

Application No.

18522616

Claims

14