US 12,083,309 B2
Disinfecting cap
Scott Bedoe, McHenry, IL (US); James Burgess, Lake Bluff, IL (US); Brent Skupien, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US); Christopher Dalton, Mundelein, IL (US); Pere Berkowitz, Highland Park, IL (US); and David Noskowicz, Spring Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,859.
Application 17/390,859 is a continuation of application No. 17/014,901, filed on Sep. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,464,962.
Application 17/014,901 is a continuation of application No. 15/240,301, filed on Aug. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,828,484, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/216,650, filed on Sep. 10, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/208,364, filed on Aug. 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/208,213, filed on Aug. 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/208,243, filed on Aug. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353928 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/20 (2013.01) [A61M 39/16 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0205 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disinfecting cap for attachment to a port of a medical implement,
the cap comprising:
an exterior surface;
a first cavity comprising a top end comprising an opening providing access to the first cavity, a bottom end, and a interior sidewall extending from adjacent to the first cavity top end opening; and
a plurality of second cavities extending from the first cavity bottom end, each second cavity having an open end adjacent to the bottom end of the first cavity and a closed end.