Medical fluid access device with antiseptic indicator

US7981381B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Baxter International Inc. · US
• Baxter Healthcare SA · CH

Inventors

• Kent L. Lurvey · Grayslake, US
• Shmuel Sternberg · Northbrook, US
• Vadim V. Krongauz · Bartlett, US
• Rosa Yeh · Libertyville, US
• Robin G. Pauley · Lake Villa, US
• Dustin C. Cawthon · Crystal Lake, US
• Ton That Hai · Round Lake, US
• Lecon Woo · Wilmington, US
• Ashok K. Khanna · Lake Zurich, US
• Birendra K. Lal · Lake Zurich, US
• Michael T. K. Ling · Vernon Hills, US
• William S. Hoerle · Cary, US
• Craig Sandford · Buffalo Grove, US
• Mark Nordhaus · Antioch, US
• Alexander Savitski · Libertyville, US
• Nicklaus J. Kirichkow · Fox Lake, US
• Kenneth Glen Suh · Grayslake, US
• Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy · Madison, US
• Hsinjin Yang · Fairport, US
• Robert A. Clarke · Libertyville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N31/22
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device, such as a vascular access device, is disclosed for providing access to a medical fluid flow path for the introduction or withdrawal of medical fluids to and from the flow path. The access device includes an indicator for providing a visual indication when the access device has been exposed to an antiseptic agent.