Sterilizing device with pinch actuated cap and housing
First Claim
1. A contoured sterilizing element for sterilizing a working end-site of a medical device, the sterilizing element comprising:
- a first member including an antipathogenic agent, the first member further including a first contoured inwardly facing surface and a first opening, wherein the first contoured inwardly facing surface comprises a first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the first member;
a second member including the antipathogenic agent, the second member further including a second contoured inwardly facing surface and a second opening, wherein the second contoured inwardly facing surface comprises a second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the first member is coupled to the second member, wherein the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the second member; and
a base member including the antipathogenic agent and a contoured inwardly facing surface, wherein the inwardly facing surface comprises a third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the base member is coupled to the second member to form a bottom surface under the first and second openings such that the first contoured inwardly facing surface, the second contoured inwardly facing surface and the contoured inwardly facing surface of the base member form a contoured cavity, wherein the contoured cavity is configured to receive the working end-site of the medical device, wherein the third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the base member;
wherein the contoured cavity tapers in an inward direction from the first opening in the first member toward the bottom surface; and
wherein the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is rotationally offset from the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members such that radial locations of the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members are different than radial locations of the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for sterilizing 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 are discussed. The sterilizing device can include a housing, a sterilizing element including an antipathogenic agent configured for sterilizing the working end-site of a medical device, and a cap hingedly coupled to the housing and configured to hermetically seal the sterilizing element within the housing. One or more features on the cap and housing serve to hermetically seal the cap to the housing prior to use.
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20 Claims
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1. A contoured sterilizing element for sterilizing a working end-site of a medical device, the sterilizing element comprising:
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a first member including an antipathogenic agent, the first member further including a first contoured inwardly facing surface and a first opening, wherein the first contoured inwardly facing surface comprises a first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the first member; a second member including the antipathogenic agent, the second member further including a second contoured inwardly facing surface and a second opening, wherein the second contoured inwardly facing surface comprises a second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the first member is coupled to the second member, wherein the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the second member; and a base member including the antipathogenic agent and a contoured inwardly facing surface, wherein the inwardly facing surface comprises a third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members, wherein at least one of the third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is porous and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent, wherein the base member is coupled to the second member to form a bottom surface under the first and second openings such that the first contoured inwardly facing surface, the second contoured inwardly facing surface and the contoured inwardly facing surface of the base member form a contoured cavity, wherein the contoured cavity is configured to receive the working end-site of the medical device, wherein the third plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members includes all projections on the base member; wherein the contoured cavity tapers in an inward direction from the first opening in the first member toward the bottom surface; and wherein the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members is rotationally offset from the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members such that radial locations of the first plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members are different than radial locations of the second plurality of inwardly projecting contouring members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A contoured sterilizing element for sterilizing a working end-site of a medical device, the sterilizing element comprising:
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a set of members coupled to each other and including an antipathogenic agent, wherein each member of the set of members includes a plurality of inwardly projecting structures, wherein at least one of the plurality of inwardly projecting structures from each member of the set of members is absorbent and impregnated with the antipathogenic agent; wherein a first member of the set of members includes an opening configured to receive the working end-site of the medical device and a second member of the set of members is a base member positioned at the bottom of the set of members under the opening to form a continuous closed bottom surface; and wherein the plurality of inwardly projecting structures from each member of the set of members and the continuous closed bottom surface defines an inner surface of a cavity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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18. The sterilizing element of 8, wherein the one member is oriented along an interior side and the plurality of inwardly projecting structures from the one member extend from the interior side.
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19. The sterilizing element of 18, wherein the inwardly projecting structures of the base member project toward the opening.
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