US 12,234,069 B2
Reclosing septum cap for medical sample transport and processing
Dwight Livingston, Fallston, MD (US); Ammon David Lentz, York, PA (US); Sharon Virginia LaMont Leitch, Shrewsbury, PA (US); Gary F. Hershner, Red Lion, PA (US); Daniel Justin Lohan, Glen Rock, PA (US); Joseph Kelleher, Baltimore, MD (US); and Elisabeth Lily Sooklal, Reisterstown, MD (US)
Assigned to BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,858.
Application 17/543,858 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/037408, filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,043, filed on Jun. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089338 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 51/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/002 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); B01L 2200/141 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pierceable cap comprising:
a shell,
an access port in the shell adapted to allow passage of at least part of a transfer device through the access port;
a septum seal comprising a collar and a plurality of half-domed indentations extending from a perimeter of the septum toward the center thereof, wherein the indentations extend inwardly and downwardly toward a septum floor, the septum floor having a thickness, wherein the shell is adapted to receive the septum seal; and
wherein the septum floor has a slitted portion that extends only partially through the thickness of the septum floor,
wherein the collar has a barb portion that extends laterally from the collar toward an interior wall of the shell that receives the septum, wherein the shell has a wider interior diameter portion and a narrower interior diameter portion and a transition portion and wherein, when the septum seal is inserted into the shell, the barb extends into the transition portion above the narrower interior diameter portion and is held into position in the shell thereby.