ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,253, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Disinfecting cap" was invented by Yushek Pun (Dayton, N.J.), Joseph Guerrero (Edison, N.J.), Alexander Vincent Redfield (Carneys Point, N.J.), Bridget Kelley (Chicago) and William Kyle Hyland (Oceanport, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cleaning medical implements is disclosed, in particular a device for cleaning vascular or other fluid access sites. The device includes a cap having an opening to receive an access site. The cap may be used in the following manner: A healthcare worker may, with gloved hands, open the cap packaging and pl...