US 12,408,821 B2
Adaptable devices, system, and methods for providing sealable access to a working channel
Amit Bharos, Jabalpur (IN); Swami Upadhyay, Raipur (IN); and Venkata Minnikanti, Vetapalem (IN)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED, Galway (IE)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED, Galway (IE)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,744.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/133,903, filed on Jan. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211254 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00121 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap assembly compatibly couplable to one or more medical devices, said cap assembly comprising:
a housing having an upper portion configured to house a cap, a lower portion with an interior having a configuration corresponding with an exterior configuration of a first port of a medical device to securely engage the first port, and a radially-inwardly directed stabilizing shoulder extending inwardly from the interior of said lower portion of said housing between the upper portion and the lower portion; and
an adapter securable within the interior of said housing and having an interior configuration corresponding with a second port having a different configuration from the first port to securely engage the second port, and a hook extending over a proximal, upper surface of said radially-inwardly directed stabilizing shoulder to hold said adapter in place with respect to said housing within the interior of the lower portion of the housing.