US 11,752,318 B2
Disinfecting luer cap and method of use
Mahender Avula, South Jordan, UT (US); Richard P. Jenkins, Bluffdale, UT (US); Kenneth Sykes, Bluffdale, UT (US); Robert Hitchcock, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and F. Mark Ferguson, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/836,678.
Application 16/836,678 is a continuation of application No. 15/874,505, filed on Jan. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,603,481.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/560,808, filed on Sep. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/451,298, filed on Jan. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016077 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 25/16 (2006.01); A61M 25/18 (2006.01); A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/162 (2013.01) [A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 2/186 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/20 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61L 2202/123 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1038 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap for a medical connector, the cap comprising:
a first end comprising an opening configured to connect a medical connector; a chamber disposed in the cap; and
an insert disposed at least partially in the chamber with a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is configured to engage with the chamber and deform during use and at least partially return back to its original shape during use.