US 12,336,870 B2
Threaded connector port cleaning system, method, and apparatus
Jeffrey S. Nordquist, Lake Barrington, IL (US); Crystal Koelper, North Barrington, IL (US); Shawn Purnell, Canton, GA (US); and Robert McVey, Arlington Heights, IL (US)
Assigned to Avent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Avent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,127.
Application 17/546,127 is a division of application No. 15/147,139, filed on May 5, 2016, granted, now 11,224,732.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,223, filed on May 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096814 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A47L 13/46 (2006.01); A61J 15/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/70 (2016.02) [A47L 13/46 (2013.01); A61J 15/0026 (2013.01); B08B 9/021 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3013 (2013.01); A61M 39/162 (2013.01); A61M 39/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning apparatus for use in connection with a threaded connector port for a feeding tube, the apparatus comprising:
a handle body having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the handle body to a second end of the handle body, wherein the handle body includes a grip portion extending upwards from the first end of the handle body and a pair of cleaning arms extending downwards from the second end of the handle body; and
a disposable foam platform coupled to the second end of the handle body, wherein
the grip portion comprises a pair of gripping arms,
the pair of cleaning arms are pivotally connected to the gripping arms by a pivot pin enclosed within the handle body, and the pair of cleaning arms are urged apart by applying a pressure at the pair of gripping arms in an inward direction towards the longitudinal axis of the handle body such that the pressure is transferred through the pivot pin to urge the pair of cleaning arms apart,
the disposable foam platform includes a tubular hollow portion aligned with the longitudinal axis of the handle body,
the disposable foam platform has an attachment end and a cleaning end,
the attachment end of the disposable foam platform is coupled to the second end of the handle body,
the attachment end of the disposable foam platform includes at least one cavity for receiving at least one of the pair of cleaning arms, and
the cleaning end of the disposable foam platform is adapted to clean a plurality of female threads of the threaded connector port and an exterior surface of a bore channel within the threaded connector port when the handle body is rotated radially about the longitudinal axis relative to the threaded connector port.