PROTECTIVE PRIMING CAP FOR SELF-SEALING MALE LUER VALVE

摘要

A cap for use in priming a medical connector that has a distal end at which isdisposed a distal connection tip has a reservoir device and a first opening ata proximal endconnected with the aperture of the connection tip. The reservoir has anopening at which isdisposed an hydrophobic filter for allowing gases to vent to the atmospherewhile retainingliquid in the reservoir device. Over the reservoir device is mounted aslidable housing deviceused to activate the internal valve of the connector to a flow configurationat which fluidflows from the connector into the reservoir device. When gas has been vented,the userslides the housing device to de-activate the connector to the non-flowconfiguration at whichthe connector draws back into itself the liquid stored in the reservoir. Thecap is thendisconnected from the connector with the connector being primed