Medical Implement Cleaning System
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1. A medical implement cleaning system comprising:
- a planar substrate; and
a plurality of cleaning devices removably attached to at least one side of the planar substrate, each of the plurality of cleaning devices comprising;
a cap having an opening to an inner cavity to receive a site of a medical implement; and
a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, the compressible cleaning material at least partially secured in the inner cavity to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent when the site of the medical implement is received into the inner cavity of the cap;
each of the plurality of cleaning devices being attached to the planar substrate so as to seal the inner cavity at the opening of the cap.
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Abstract
A cleaning system for medical implements includes a number of cleaning caps attached to a substrate. Each cleaning cap can be selectively and individually removed from the substrate, which, prior to such removal, acts as a seal to the opening of each cap. Each cap includes an inner cavity accessible through the opening. The inner cavity holds a cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent, which is held in the inner cavity by the seal provided by the substrate. Upon removal, the cap can be placed on a site of a medical implement to clean the site by contact with the cleaning material and cleaning agent.
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16 Claims
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1. A medical implement cleaning system comprising:
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a planar substrate; and a plurality of cleaning devices removably attached to at least one side of the planar substrate, each of the plurality of cleaning devices comprising; a cap having an opening to an inner cavity to receive a site of a medical implement; and a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, the compressible cleaning material at least partially secured in the inner cavity to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent when the site of the medical implement is received into the inner cavity of the cap; each of the plurality of cleaning devices being attached to the planar substrate so as to seal the inner cavity at the opening of the cap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A cleaning system for a threaded medical implement, the cleaning system comprising:
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a flexible elongated strip, the strip comprising a substrate and an adhesive on the substrate; and a plurality of caps removably attached to the substrate by the adhesive, each of the plurality of caps comprising; an inner cavity and an opening to receive a site of the medical implement into the inner cavity; a threaded ring connected to the inner cavity at the opening to the cap, and having threads that correspond to threads on the threaded medical implement; a cleaning material in the inner cavity adapted to provide radial compression against the threaded medical implement, the cleaning material containing a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement.
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9. A medical implement cleaning system comprising:
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a foil; and a plurality of cleaning devices removably attached to at least one side of the foil, each of the plurality of cleaning devices comprising; a cap having an opening to an inner cavity to receive a site of a medical implement; and a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, the compressible cleaning material at least partially secured in the inner cavity to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent when the site of the medical implement is received into the inner cavity of the cap; each of the plurality of cleaning devices being attached to the foil so as to seal the inner cavity at the opening of the cap. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A cleaning system for a site of medical implements, the cleaning system comprising:
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an elongated strip comprising a substrate and an adhesive layer on the substrate; and a plurality of caps removably attached to the substrate by the adhesive, each of the plurality of caps comprising; a housing; an inner cavity defined by the housing and being accessible by an opening to receive a site of a medical implement into the inner cavity; and a cleaning material in the inner cavity to provide radial compression against the threaded medical implement, the cleaning material containing a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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