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US 1,117,741 · App. 29/919,632 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Medical connector contamination prevention device

Inventor: Joseph P. Schultz (Atlanta, GA)
A61M39/165A61M39/1011A61M39/162A61M2039/1033A61M2039/1066
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Patent No.
US 1,117,741
App. No.
29/919,632
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a medical connector contamination prevention device as shown and described.

Continuity (5)
Division 29772654 · Mar 3, 2021
Division 29733644 · May 5, 2020
Division 29670221 · Nov 14, 2018
Continuation In Part 15971091 · May 4, 2018
Continuation 14208487 · Mar 13, 2014
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