Cleaning device for male end of intraveneous set

1. A cleaning device for a male medical implement having a male protrusion, the cleaning device comprising:

a cap that defines an inner cavity having a top and a bottom, the top of the inner cavity defining an opening, the cap further defining a channel that extends from the bottom of the inner cavity to a bottom of the cap, the channel having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the inner cavity;

a plunger in the inner cavity, the plunger includes a domed top surface, a shoulder below the domed top surface, and a rod member extending below the shoulder to a piercing end, the rod member further having a plurality of crush ribs extending laterally from the rod member, the piercing end of the plunger extending into the channel such that the domed top surface and shoulder are positioned proximate the opening, the plunger being configured to move toward the bottom of the cap as the domed top surface is contacted by the male protrusion of the male medical implement, to push the rod member and piercing end further into the channel, such that the crush ribs contact an inner surface of the channel to inhibit reverse movement of the plunger; and

a compressible cleaning material around the rod member between the shoulder and the crush ribs, the compressible cleaning material at least partially containing a cleaning agent, the compressible cleaning material being compressed between the bottom of the inner cavity and the shoulder of the plunger as the domed top surface is being contacted by the male protrusion of the male medical implement, to release the cleaning agent around the shoulder to contact the male protrusion of the male medical implement.

2. A cleaning device for a male medical implement having a male protrusion, the cleaning device comprising:

a housing having an opening to an inner cavity the receive the male medical implement, and further having a channel extending from the inner cavity opposite the opening to a bottom of the housing, the channel having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of both the opening and the inner cavity;

a compressible cleaning material in the inner cavity and at least partially containing a cleaning agent;

a plunger having a domed top surface, a shoulder below the domed top surface, and an elongated rod member extending below the shoulder that terminates at a piercing end, the rod member further having a plurality of crush ribs extending laterally from the rod member, the plunger being positioned within the housing such that, prior to receiving the male medical implement, the domed top surface and shoulder are positioned in the inner cavity proximate the opening, the plurality of crush ribs and piercing end are positioned in the channel proximate the inner cavity such that the crush ribs contact an inner surface of the channel to inhibit reverse movement of the plunger, and at least part of the elongated rod member between the plurality of crush ribs and the shoulder is surrounded by the compressible cleaning material;

the plunger being configured to move toward the bottom of the cap as the domed top surface of the plunger is contacted by the male protrusion of the male medical implement, to push the piercing end, the crush ribs and at least some of the elongated rod member further into the channel toward the bottom of the housing, and to compress the compressible cleaning material with the shoulder of the plunger in the inner cavity to release the cleaning agent around the shoulder to contact the male protrusion of the male medical implement.

3. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the inner cavity includes a widened side wall area to enable the cleaning agent to traverse the shoulder of the plunger after the male protrusion of the male medical implement has pushed the plunger further into the inner cavity and the channel.

4. The cleaning device in accordance with claim 2 , further comprising threads that extend outwardly from an outer surface of the housing.