ASSEMBLY OF MEDICAL CONNECTOR CAPS

摘要

Disclosed herein are disinfecting caps that can be used to cover and disinfect both a male medical connector and needleless injection site when not in use or when disconnected from each other. The caps contain a disinfecting agent.

主权项

1. A male-disinfecting cap for applying an antiseptic agent to a medical male luer-lock connector of the type including a post having a lumen through which fluid flows and an internally helically threaded skirt surrounding the post, the post having a distal-most point, the cap comprising:
a receiving portion defining a chamber into which the post of the male luer-lock connector can be received, the receiving portion defining an external surface, wherein the receiving portion is configured to fit within the skirt of the male luer-lock connector when the post is received into the receiving portion; an antiseptic agent disposed in the chamber; and a member movably disposed within the chamber, the member shaped such that a proximal-most point of the member overlaps with the distal-most point of the post when the post is received into the receiving portion and so as to diminish flow of the antiseptic agent into the lumen while permitting flow of the antiseptic agent past the member to the post of the male luer-lock connector.