Medical implement cleaning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9907617-B2
Application number	US-201313844687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A cleaning device for a medical implement is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a housing, a cleaning agent within the housing, and a movable septum in the housing that maintains the cleaning agent within the housing until receipt by the housing of the site of the medical implement. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaning device comprising:
a housing;
a coupling mechanism on an inner surface of the housing;
a cleaning agent within the housing;
a movable septum in the housing, the movable septum including an opening that extends therethrough and a flexible flange; and
a male luer that is unitary with the housing and extends upward from a distal inner surface of the housing opposite an opening of the housing, the male luer extending through the opening in the movable septum.

2. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a removable seal coupled with the housing.

3. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the flexible flange is disposed along an outer edge of the movable septum and configured to create an interference fit between the movable septum and the housing.

4. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising one or more raised structures disposed along a top surface of the movable septum that maintain a space between a surface of a medical implement and the top surface of the movable septum.

5. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the one or more raised structures are frustoconical structures.

6. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising one or more protrusions extending upward from a distal inner surface of the housing opposite an opening of the housing, the one or more protrusions configured to stop the movable septum when the movable septum is pushed into the housing.

7. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the movable septum includes a flexible flange disposed along an inner edge of the opening of the movable septum.

8. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the movable septum further comprises a flexible flange disposed along an outer edge of the movable septum.

9. The cleaning device of claim 1 , further comprising one or more holes disposed in the movable septum that allow passage of the cleaning agent from the housing to a site of a medical implement through the one or more holes when the movable septum is pushed into the housing by the medical implement.

10. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 9 wherein the one or more holes are dimensioned to prevent the passage of the cleaning agent through the one or more holes when the cleaning agent is in a low pressure state.

11. The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the coupling mechanism is integral with the housing.

12. The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the coupling mechanism is a threaded ring.

13. The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the coupling mechanism is at least one of a flexible membrane, a crushed rib, and a compressible material.

Assignees

• 3M Innovative Properties Co

Inventors

• Rogers Bobby E

Classifications

• A61L2103/15

  Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps · CPC title

• A61L2/186

  Peroxide solutions · CPC title

• A61L2/16

  using chemical substances · CPC title

• A61M39/162

  with antiseptic agent incorporated within the connector · CPC title

• A61J1/00

  Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes (capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00) · CPC title