Abstract: A multi-chamber syringe for sequential expulsion of a first fluid followed by a second fluid includes a barrel, a first stopper, and a second stopper. The barrel includes a proximal end, a distal end having a fluid port, and a sidewall. The first stopper including a channel is slidably positioned in the barrel, such that a first chamber configured to contain the first fluid is provided between the distal end of the barrel and the first stopper. The second stopper is slidably positioned in the barrel proximal to the first stopper, such that a second chamber configured to contain the second fluid is provided between the first stopper and the second stopper. Rotation of the first stopper relative to the syringe barrel establishes fluid communication between the second chamber and the first chamber through the channel of the first stopper.

Abstract: A fluid applicator (100) with precise volume dispensing control for dispensing fluids such as a disinfectant in a controlled manner that utilizes a pumping device (180) at least partially inserted into a housing (110) having an applicator sponge (122).

Abstract: A fluid adhesive dispenser device includes a housing having a passageway through the housing and a port at a distal end of the passageway. The dispenser device also includes a container at least partially within the housing configured to contain a single-use amount of the fluid adhesive. The container is configured to be opened allowing the fluid adhesive contained therein to be actively expelled from the container through the passageway and the port of the housing. A method of manufacture of the fluid adhesive dispenser device includes providing the dispenser device filled with the single-use amount of the fluid adhesive and sterilizing the filled device.

Abstract: A fluid delivery device, such as a syringe, is disclosed, including a bellows structure defining a first end, a second end, and a cavity therein, where compressing the bellows structure reduces a height of the syringe; a tip adjacent the first end, the tip defining a channel in fluid communication with the cavity; a post coaxial with the channel and disposed in the cavity adjacent the second end of the bellows structure; a laterally-extending flange adjacent the first end of the bellows structure, the flange defining a width greater than a width of the bellows structure; an adaptor adjacent the tip, the adaptor defining a wall and a threaded interface on an interior surface thereof; and a cap releasably engageable with the tip.

Abstract: A flush syringe with a syringe coupler facilitates twice dispensing of intravenous flushing solution to a patient's vascular access device (VAD), with reduced risk of VAD infection. The syringe coupler incorporates a female, first Luer connector on its proximal end that is removably coupled to the male, barrel Luer connector of the syringe, isolating the latter connector from external contamination. The syringe coupler also has a single-use, male, second Luer connector on its distal end of the housing that is adapted for coupled insertion into the patient's VAD, for delivery of at least a portion of the flushing solution retained within the syringe. After the first delivery, the syringe coupler is de-coupled from both the VAD and the syringe. Thereafter, the syringe's unused, sterile, male, barrel Luer connector is directly coupled to the VAD for dispensing the second portion of the flushing solution.

Abstract: A flush syringe with a syringe coupler facilitates twice dispensing of intravenous flushing solution to a patient's vascular access device (VAD), with reduced risk of VAD infection. The syringe coupler incorporates a female, first Luer connector on its proximal end that is removably coupled to the male, barrel Luer connector of the syringe, isolating the latter connector from external contamination. The syringe coupler also has a single-use, male, second Luer connector on its distal end of the housing that is adapted for coupled insertion into the patient's VAD, for delivery of at least a portion of the flushing solution retained within the syringe. After the first delivery, the syringe coupler is de-coupled from both the VAD and the syringe. Thereafter, the syringe's unused, sterile, male, barrel Luer connector is directly coupled to the VAD for dispensing the second portion of the flushing solution.

Abstract: A vascular access device (VAD) monitoring system includes a VAD with a catheter tube that is subcutaneously disposed and incorporates a fluorescent dye. An optical imaging system is also provided, comprising a light source emitting infrared (IR) excitation light and a camera capable of detecting signal light emitted by the fluorescent dye upon exposure to the excitation light. This enables real-time monitoring of the VAD, allowing for the detection of any potential complications or issues related to the vascular access device. The combination of the catheter tube with the fluorescent dye and the optical imaging system provides a non-invasive and efficient means of monitoring the VAD, enhancing patient safety and improving overall healthcare outcomes.

Abstract: A disinfection and flushing device for an intravenous patient connector requires only a single coupling of a disinfection cap of the device to the patient connector, both to scrub the patient connector and to administer flushing solution through the connector via a flush syringe that is already coupled to a housing portion of the device. The disinfection cap and housing portions of the device are coupled together during the initial patient connector scrub and flush operation. Thereafter, in some embodiments, the housing and its attached, spent flush syringe, are selectively separable from the disinfection cap portion of the device, so that the disinfection cap remains in place on the patient connector. In other embodiments, the entire device, including its cap, housing and the flush syringe that is coupled to the housing, are removed from the patient connector.

Abstract: A female Luer fitting disinfection device comprises a container comprising a bottom surface, a side wall, and an open end; a porous foam insert disposed within the container, the porous foam insert comprising a central region. A plug is positioned within the central region, the plug sized and shaped to fit within a lumen of the female Luer fitting, and a liquid disinfectant is in the container and absorbed within the porous foam insert. A sealing web covering the open end of the container. A method of disinfecting a female Luer fitting is also provided.

Abstract: Provided herein is an instrument delivery device including an instrument, a housing having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an inner volume configured to movably receive the instrument, a coupling device positioned at the distal end of the housing and including a lock configured to couple the housing to a proximal connector of the catheter assembly, and an advancement member configured to move relative to the housing to move the instrument between a first position and a second position. A scrubbing cap is engaged with the lock that includes a scrubbing insert, a housing having a connector portion configured to engage with the lock, a holder portion configured to retain the scrubbing insert therein, and a seal that seals the scrubbing insert within the holder portion. The scrubbing cap is engaged with the lock so as to be removable from the instrument delivery device.

Abstract: Provided herein is a system including a pre-filled syringe with a barrel defining a chamber containing a solution therein and a fluid connector component at the distal end of the barrel. A plunger assembly including a plunger and a stopper is movable within the barrel, with the plunger including a channel extending along a length thereof. An access device is positioned at the proximal end of the plunger and includes a receiving cavity and a fluid access component, the receiving cavity having an opening aligned with the channel and the fluid access component positioned over the opening and extending into the receiving cavity. A cannula is positioned within the barrel and extends through the stopper, the cannula placing the fluid connector component in fluid communication with the channel. A closure assembly is secured to the fluid connector component and includes a seal member configured to seal off a lumen thereof.

Abstract: A medical syringe reduces medication waste that dispensing medication remaining within the syringe's Luer tip. The syringe plunger incorporates a ramrod with a jag on its distal end that is inserted through the Luer tip's lumen when the plunger is fully advanced into the syringe barrel. A center through bore of a syringe stopper is slidably coupled to the ramrod in fluid-sealed abutting contact. The center bore is initially oriented on the ramrod over the jag. Medication is aspirated into the syringe while the stopper is in its initial, axial position. The last, dose of medication is dispensed by advancing with the plunger with sufficient pressure to abut the stopper into contact with and translate the ramrod jag through the lumen of the Luer tip, thereby dispensing medication that was retained within the lumen.

Abstract: A syringe and syringe package system comprises a syringe barrel having an open proximal end and a distal end and a syringe stopper placed in the open proximal end of the syringe barrel. The system includes a shape-changeable package, the syringe barrel and the syringe stopper contained within the shape-changeable package, wherein the shape-changeable package comprises a web of material sized and arranged to contain the syringe barrel and the syringe stopper and configured to be converted to a plunger rod that engages the syringe stopper and is translatable within the open proximal end of the barrel.

Abstract: A multi-port distribution hub for vascular access devices (VADs) facilitates sequential administration of multiple medications and VAD flushing by syringes through a catheter hub of an intravenous (IV) catheter without the need to scrub and disinfect the catheter hub after dispensing each individual syringe. A housing manifold of the hub defines a central chamber. A plurality of manifold runners each has a runner outlet in fluid communication with the central chamber, and a runner inlet in fluid communication with a corresponding syringe port. A patient access port is in fluid communication with the chamber. A one-way valve in the central chamber prevents fluid backflow through other syringe ports while dispensing fluid from one of the syringes.

Abstract: A single-use medical syringe has a syringe lock that prevents repeated syringe aspiration and dispensing of fluids to patients. A pivoting syringe lock is coupled to the proximal open end of the syringe barrel. The syringe lock has or more cantilever lock forks in continuous, biased, sliding, abutting contact with the plunger. Each lock fork engages a corresponding plunger detent oriented on a proximal end of the syringe plunger, after the plunger is fully advanced within the syringe barrel. The plunger remains locked in an advanced position within the syringe barrel while each lock fork is engaged in its corresponding plunger detent. In some embodiments, a removeable plunger clip is coupled to the syringe to prevent inadvertent advancement of the plunger into the syringe barrel and premature locking of the syringe prior to administration of medication to a patient.

Abstract: A syringe with an integrated vein finder is disclosed, which illuminates a potential venipuncture site of a patient and identifies a vein that is suitable for venipuncture with the syringe, for blood collection or intravenous drug administration. The syringe portion of the system includes a syringe barrel and a pointed-tip needle projecting from the distal end of the barrel for venipuncture. An illumination module is coupled to the syringe barrel; it has an illumination source that projects an electromagnetic beam into an illumination zone distal the syringe's pointed tip, for illuminating and identifying a subcutaneous vein. The integrated vein finder and syringe system is operable by a sole clinician, such as a phlebotomist, who can easily manipulate the syringe and illuminate the venipuncture site with one hand, without assistance of another clinician.

Abstract: Fluid connector systems including first and second connector portions couplable together to form a fluid pathway therethrough, and can resist fluid flow through the connector when the connector portions are separated from each other. A connector portion can include a connector housing, a luer portion, and a deformable valve member. The deformable valve member is disposed within the connector housing and includes a spherical portion extending partially through a valve opening of the connector housing. The spherical portion defines a slit, and the deformable valve member is configured to selectively prevent fluid flow from the housing volume through the valve opening and to deform to expand the slit and permit fluid flow from the housing volume through the valve opening.

Abstract: An adhesive applicator includes a body member defining an adhesive reservoir, a nozzle positioned within and extending from the body member, and an application member configured to receive the nozzle, wherein the application member is configured to receive an adhesive held in the adhesive reservoir upon pressure being applied to the body member.

Abstract: A needle cap for a medical syringes facilitates aspiration of medicine into the syringe, through the stopper of a medicine vial, directly through the injection needle of the syringe. A proximal end of the needle cap is coupled to a needle hub of the syringe, with an outer diameter of the syringe needle captured within and in sealing engagement with an internal diameter of a needle seal. An open tip tapered distal end of the needle cap is inserted through the stopper of the medicine vial. Retraction of the syringe plunger aspirates medicine through the open tip of the needle cap, directly through the syringe needle, into the syringe chamber. Upon completion of medicine aspiration into the syringe, the needle cap is removed, and the syringe is ready for injection of medicine to the patient.

Abstract: A skin preparation device for applying an antiseptic composition to skin of a patient that includes an applicator configured to absorb the antiseptic composition, the applicator comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface configured to apply the antiseptic composition to the skin of the patient, and a gripping portion configured to provide a portion of the skin preparation device that is gripped by a user when using the skin preparation device.