US 12,458,787 B2
Medical device cap for drug transfer assembly
Tushar R. Sathe, Cedar Knolls, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,999.
Application 17/885,999 is a continuation of application No. 16/508,874, filed on Jul. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,446,479.
Application 16/508,874 is a continuation of application No. 14/863,593, filed on Sep. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,413,716, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/057,001, filed on Sep. 29, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379105 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 39/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/20 (2013.01) [A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6063 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6072 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
connecting an IV access port cap for a drug transfer assembly to an IV access port of the drug transfer assembly, wherein the IV access port cap includes a cap body removably connectable with the IV access port via an interference fit connection that secures the cap body and the IV access port directly together by a friction force therebetween after insertion of the IV access port into the cap body, an identification element disposed on the cap body, and a disinfecting sponge disposed inside the cap body and including at least one cleaning or disinfecting agent that is released to contact the IV access port when the IV access port is inserted into the cap body to form the interference fit connection that secures the cap body and the IV access port directly together, and wherein the identification element contains a unique identifier associated with the IV access port cap;
reading, with a scanner that resides separately from the drug transfer assembly including the IV access port, when the IV access port cap is connected to the IV access port, the unique identifier associated with the IV access port cap from the identification element to record when the IV access port cap is connected to the IV access port;
removing the IV access port cap from the IV access port; and
reading, with the scanner that resides separately from the drug transfer assembly including the IV access port, when the IV access port cap is removed from the IV access port, the unique identifier associated with the IV access port cap from the identification element to record a duration of time that the cap body is connected to the IV access port for a disinfectant application and a frequency that the cap body is disconnected from the IV access port for the disinfection application.