VENTED MEDICAL FLUID SUPPLY LINE CAP, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREFOR

• Main Authors: Roychowdhury, Sumana, Yadav, Pushpa, Sakhare, Vandana
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.06.2024
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

A medical fluid container tubing assembly includes a medical fluid container, a luer connector including a luer port, a tube extending from the medical fluid container and terminating at the luer connector, and a cap fitted onto the luer connector. The cap includes a port sized to provide an interference fit with the luer port of the luer connector. The cap further includes a hydrophobic filter positioned and arranged to allow air to aseptically enter the tube to equalize pressure inside and outside of the tube. The cap may include an inner port including an inner surface tapered for forming an interference fit with an outer surface of a male luer port of a luer connector, an outer shroud sized to fit around an outer shroud of the luer connector, a lumen extending from the port to an opening, and a hydrophobic filter covering an opening formed by the lumen.