Antiseptic cap with antiseptic
View Patent ↗A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material is removably attached to the plunger.
1. An antiseptic cap equipped plunger assembly comprising:
a plunger rod having a first end and second end opposed to the first end, the first end having a housing with a first wall defining a first chamber; and
an antiseptic cap positioned within the first chamber, the antiseptic cap having a second generally cylindrical side wall defining a second chamber, the second generally cylindrical side wall having an outer cylindrical surface, the second generally cylindrical side wall having an inner surface with threads extending along a portion of the inner surface, and an antiseptic material impregnated into the antiseptic cap.
2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impregnated antiseptic material is present on the outer cylindrical surface of the second generally cylindrical side wall.
3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impregnated antiseptic material is chlorhexidine.
4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impregnated antiseptic material is silver.
5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the antiseptic cap is molded from a resin and the antiseptic material is added to the resin for molding into the antiseptic cap.