Universal sterilizing tool
First Claim
1. A sterilizing device comprising:
- a housing comprising;
at least one or more open end adapted to receive a working end-site of a medical device;
one or more sidewalls having one or more outer surfaces; and
one or more inner surfaces;
a seal covering the at least one or more open end; and
a sterilizing element contained and secured within the housing, the sterilizing element comprising;
a resilient article comprising a material impregnated with an antipathogenic agent, an antipathogenic agent bonded to the resilient article or both, wherein the resilient article is a lining of the one or more inner surface of the housing, wherein the lining comprises an open recess shaped to receive the working end-site, the open recess comprising;
an open end,a base portion opposite the open end, wherein the base portion comprises a projecting structural contour, anda sidewall extending from the base portion to the open end, wherein the sidewall comprises a plurality of projecting structural contours and a first structural contour of the plurality of projecting structural contours adjoins the base portion, wherein one or more structural contour is configured to contact a surface of the working end-site, and wherein the base portion and the plurality of structural contours comprise a single continuous resilient article.
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Abstract
A contoured sterilizing element is configured to conform to the outer and inner surfaces of a working end-site of a medical device such as a catheter hub, luer connector, luer component, needleless access site, and/or access port. The sterilizing element is made from absorbent material and can be pre-moistened or impregnated with an anti-pathogenic agent. The sterilizing element can be contained within a housing that is easily gripped and opened in one hand by the user. The sterilizing element is configured to wipe debris from and to sterilize and/or dry a working end-site of medical device, using a wiping, twisting, dabbing, push/pull, and/or screwing motion around all of the surface aspects of the device to be sterilized.
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Citations
83 Claims
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1. A sterilizing device comprising:
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a housing comprising; at least one or more open end adapted to receive a working end-site of a medical device; one or more sidewalls having one or more outer surfaces; and one or more inner surfaces; a seal covering the at least one or more open end; and a sterilizing element contained and secured within the housing, the sterilizing element comprising; a resilient article comprising a material impregnated with an antipathogenic agent, an antipathogenic agent bonded to the resilient article or both, wherein the resilient article is a lining of the one or more inner surface of the housing, wherein the lining comprises an open recess shaped to receive the working end-site, the open recess comprising; an open end, a base portion opposite the open end, wherein the base portion comprises a projecting structural contour, and a sidewall extending from the base portion to the open end, wherein the sidewall comprises a plurality of projecting structural contours and a first structural contour of the plurality of projecting structural contours adjoins the base portion, wherein one or more structural contour is configured to contact a surface of the working end-site, and wherein the base portion and the plurality of structural contours comprise a single continuous resilient article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A sterilizing device comprising:
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a housing comprising; at least one open end adapted to receive a working end-site of a medical device; one or more sidewalls having one or more outer surfaces; and one or more inner surfaces; a seal covering the at least one open end; and a sterilizing element contained and secured within the housing, the sterilizing element comprising; a resilient article comprising a material impregnated with an antipathogenic agent, wherein the resilient article is a lining of the one or more inner surfaces of the housing, wherein the lining comprises an open recess that is a continuous article shaped to receive the working end-site of the medical device, the open recess comprising; an open end, a base portion opposite the open end, wherein the base portion comprises a projecting structural contour, and a sidewall extending from the open end to the base portion, wherein the sidewall comprises a plurality of structural contours and wherein the open recess diameter narrows from the open end to the base portion, and a first structural contour adjoins the base portion, wherein one or more of the plurality of structural contours is configured to contact and to engage a surface of the working end-site, and wherein at least a portion of the resilient article comprises the antipathogenic agent. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A resilient contoured sterilizing element for sterilizing an end-site of a needleless connector, the resilient contoured sterilizing element comprising:
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a first end and a second end; and at least one exterior wall extending between the first end and the second end, the first end comprising an open recess configured to receive the end-site of the needleless connector, wherein the open recess is a resilient continuous article comprising; an open end, a contoured base portion opposite the open end, wherein the base portion comprises a projecting structural contour, and a sidewall extending from the base portion to the open end, wherein the sidewall comprises a plurality of projecting structural contours, wherein the plurality of structural contours array from the base portion to the open end, wherein a first projecting structural contour of the plurality of structural contours adjoins the base portion, wherein one or more structural contour is configured to contact and engage a surface of the working end-site, wherein at least a portion of the sterilizing element comprises an antipathogenic agent, and wherein the contoured base portion and the plurality of structural contours comprise a single continuous resilient article. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A resilient contoured sterilizing element for sterilizing an end-site of a needleless connector, the resilient contoured sterilizing element comprising:
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a first end and a second end; and at least one exterior wall extending between the first end and the second end, the first end comprising an open recess configured to receive the end-site of the needleless connector, wherein the open recess is a resilient continuous article comprising; an open end; a contoured base portion opposite the open end; and a sidewall extending from the open end to the base portion, wherein the sidewall comprises a plurality of projecting structural contours, wherein the diameter of the open recess narrows from the open end to the base portion, wherein a first structural contour of the plurality of projecting structural contours adjoins the contoured base portion, wherein the plurality of projecting structural contours progress from the base portion toward the open end, wherein one or more of the contours is configured to contact and to engage a surface of the working end-site, wherein at least a portion of sterilizing element comprises the antipathogenic agent, and wherein the contoured base portion and projecting structural contours comprise a single resilient continuous article. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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