US 12,233,173 B2
Light-coupling cap sterilization system
Adam Push, Boston, MA (US); and Bret Siarkowski, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to UV Light Care, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by UV Light Care, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,193.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/962,919, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244835 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilizer cap comprising:
an outer shroud having an inner threaded region;
an frustoconical shaped inner connector interface disposed at least partially within the outer shroud and defining a hollow inner cavity that is separated from the inner threaded region and that has an open outer end and an inner end configured for engagement with a target medical equipment;
an optic guide element disposed within the inner cavity defined by the inner connector interface and secured to the inner connector interface thereby sealing the open outer end of the hollow inner cavity from the inner end, the optic guide element controlling a path of light presented at the open outer end for sterilizing the target medical equipment; and
a photointerrupter system configured to detect engagement to a connector associated with the target medical equipment with respect to the inner connector interface for facilitating sterilization with the sterilizer cap.