Cleaning Device For Male End of Intraveneous Set

• US 20130019421A1
• Filed: 07/19/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: Ivera Medical Corporation (3M Company)
• Inventors: Rogers, Bobby E., DiPerna, Paul, Kang, Gino, Arme, Christine
• Granted Patent: US 8,832,894 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/104.93
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/70 Cleaning devices specially adapted for surgical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/315 Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/32 Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub infusion needles A61M5/158; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body A61M5/42, A61M5/46 take precedence; guide needles for catheters A61M25/065; Devices for protection of needles apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising needles A61M5/001
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/10 characterised by the type of cleaning tool

Abstract

A cleaning device includes a cap having an opening and that defines an inner cavity, and a channel that extends from a bottom of the inner cavity to a bottom of the cap. A plunger includes a domed top surface, a shoulder, and a rod member. The plunger moves toward the bottom of the cap as the domed top surface is contacted by a male protrusion of a male medical implement, to push the rod member and piercing end further into the channel. The crush ribs contact an inner surface of the channel to inhibit reverse movement of the plunger. A cleaning material contains a cleaning agent and is positioned around the rod member and compressed between the bottom of the inner cavity and the shoulder of the plunger to release the cleaning agent around the shoulder to contact the male protrusion.

Claims

1. A cleaning device for a male medical implement having a male protrusion, the cleaning device comprising:

a cap that defines an inner cavity having a top and a bottom, the top of the inner cavity defining an opening, the cap further defining a channel that extends from the bottom of the inner cavity to a bottom of the cap, the channel having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the inner cavity;

a plunger in the inner cavity, the plunger includes a domed top surface, a shoulder below the domed top surface, and a rod member extending below the shoulder to a piercing end, the rod member further having a plurality of crush ribs extending laterally from the rod member, the piercing end of the plunger extending into the channel such that the domed top surface and shoulder are positioned proximate the opening, the plunger being configured to move toward the bottom of the cap as the domed top surface is contacted by the male protrusion of the male medical implement, to push the rod member and piercing end further into the channel, such that the crush ribs contact an inner surface of the channel to inhibit reverse movement of the plunger; and

a cleaning material around the rod member between the shoulder and the crush ribs, the cleaning material at least partially containing a cleaning agent, the cleaning material being compressed between the bottom of the inner cavity and the shoulder of the plunger to release the cleaning agent around the shoulder to contact the male protrusion of the male medical implement.