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