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`c12) United States Patent
`Solomon et al.
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8,172,825 B2
`May 8, 2012
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`(54) METHODS FOR DISINFECTING MEDICAL
`CONNECTORS
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`(75)
`
`Inventors: Donald D. Solomon, North Salt Lake,
`UT (US); F. Mark Ferguson, Salt Lake
`City, UT (US); Robert Hitchcock,
`Sandy, UT (US); Steven Bandis, West
`Jordan, UT (US); James Mercer, West
`Jordan, UT (US); Michael Howlett, Salt
`Lake City, UT (US); Mark Adams,
`Sandy, UT (US)
`
`(73) Assignee: The University of Utah Research
`Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
`
`A61M 25118
`(2006.01)
`A61M 39100
`(2006.01)
`A61M 39110
`(2006.01)
`(52) U.S. Cl. ......... 604/500; 604/256; 604/533; 604/905
`(58) Field of Classification Search .................. 604/905,
`604/29,283,256,403,533
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(56)
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`Primary Examiner- Kevin C Sirmons
`Assistant Examiner- William Carpenter
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Sunstein Kann Murphy &
`Timbers LLP
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`Caps can be used to cover and sterilize the male luer of a
`medical connector. Some caps can create a seal with the male
`luer to prevent antiseptic from entering a lumen of the male
`luer. A biasing element can aid in creating or maintaining the
`seal.
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`10 Claims, 44 Drawing Sheets
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