ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,409, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Sanitizing caps for medical connectors" was invented by Thomas F. Fangrow (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antiseptic caps that can be used to disinfect and/or protect medical connectors are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the antiseptic cap can include a first chamber configured to be removably attached to the medical connector. Delivery systems for use with medical articles are also disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the delivery system comprises various dispensing systems for antiseptic caps and/or antiseptic cap holder ...