Granted Patent B1

US 12,746,341 · App. 18/195,263 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Inventor: Patrick Vitello (Pompano Beach, FL)

Assignee: MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING, LLC

A61M5/3202

Abstract

Claims (17)

1 . A tamper evident cap comprising:

at least an outer cover, a tip cap, and an inner ring;

said tip cap being dimensioned and configured to receive said inner ring circumferentially around an inner ring engaging portion of said tip cap;

said tip cap and said inner ring being cooperatively dimensioned to rotate together when a torque is applied to said tip cap, and

said inner ring including at least one flat and said inner ring engaging portion of said tip cap including at least one flat.

2 . The tamper evident cap as recited in claim 1 wherein said inner ring includes a plurality of biased fingers.

3 . The tamper evident cap as recited in claim 1 wherein said inner ring includes a plurality of frangible members.

4 . A tamper evident cap comprising:

at least an outer cover, a tip cap, and an inner ring;

said tip cap including a tip engaging portion dimensioned and configured to receive a syringe tip, as well as an inner ring engaging portion, said inner ring engaging portion including at least one flat and an interference ring;

said inner ring including at least one flat, and interference ring, and a plurality of biased fingers,

said outer cover including a plurality of ring engaging members and a shoulder;

said inner ring being disposed on said inner ring engaging portion of said tip cap having said flat of said inner ring engaged against said flat of said tip cap; and

said inner ring being further disposed with said interference ring of said inner ring being disposed between said interference ring of said tip cap and said shoulder of said outer cover.

5 . The tamper evident cap as recited in claim 4 wherein said tip engaging portion is configured as a luer taper.

6 . The tamper evident cap as recited in claim 4 wherein said plurality of biased fingers and said plurality of ring engaging members are dimensioned and configured to abut one another.

7 . The tamper evident caps as recited in claim 6 wherein said plurality of biased fingers and said plurality of ring engaging members are dimensioned and configured to support transmission of torque when said tip cap is rotated in a first direction and further configured to slip when said tip cap is rotated in a second direction.

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