Abstract: A fluid connector comprising a housing having an access site, and a cover member passively positioned in an initial covering relationship with the access site, the cover member being reversible from an uncovered relationship under load to the initial covering relationship, is described. A method of preventing contamination and aseptically covering an access site of a fluid connector with a cover member is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2008
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2018
Assignee:
IVAXIS, LLC
Inventors:
Todd M. Korogi, Theodore J. Mosler, Scott P. Jarnagin, Bryan Peters, David L. Foshee, Nathan R. Snell, Andrew Corson