PRE-FILLED SYRINGE WITH INTEGRATED DISINFECTING FEATURE

Abstract: a flush syringe and integrated swab assembly comprises a chamber and a tip having a passageway. the assembly includes a plunger rod and an integral swab including an integral collar extending from the distal wall of the barrel, surrounding the distal tip, and having a collar distal end and a collar proximal end, the integral collar including at least one sidewall having an inside surface including an inner thread thereon defining a luer lock area and configured to connect to the hub of a vascular access device connector, the at least one sidewall further having an outside surface including an outer thread thereon configured for connection to the removable cap that when connected to the integral collar covers the integral collar to protect the distal tip and the collar from contamination, and a porous hollow mass connected to the inner thread of the integral collar.

Inventor(s): Roza Mahmoodian, Jeremy Ridley, David R. Schiff, Donald Fraser VanRoyen

CPC Classification: A61M5/3134 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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