Patent ID: 11857751
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A closure assembly for a medical dispenser, said closure assembly comprising:
a tip cap at least partially formed of an elastomeric material and including an access opening and an oppositely disposed closed end,
said tip cap operatively disposed in a removable, enclosing relation to a discharge port of the medical dispenser,
a retainer comprising a clamshell configuration including two retainer segments movably connected to one another and disposable between an open orientation and a closed orientation,
said retainer disposed in surrounding relation to said tip cap concurrent to said closed orientation of said two retainer segments,
a clamping structure comprising at least one rib member, said at least one rib member including two rib sections, each of said two rib sections formed on an interior surface of a different one of said two retainer segments,
said two rib sections movable with said different one of said two retainer segments, between said open orientation and said closed orientation,
said two rib sections disposed in a deforming, clamping relation to an exterior of said tip cap, concurrent to said closed orientation of said two retainer segments,
said deforming, clamping relation of said two rib sections on said tip cap defining a fluid sealing engagement of said tip cap with the discharge port, concurrent to said tip cap and the discharge port disposed within said retainer, and
said closed orientation further comprising a capturing relation of said tip cap within said retainer concurrent to removal of the discharge port from said tip cap and said retainer,
said deforming, clamping relation further comprising a deformation of said tip cap into an insertion blocking relation to said access opening, concurrent to removal of the discharge port from said tip cap.