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

Claim 5:
6. 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 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 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 comprising 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,
said two rib sections disposed to capture said tip cap within said retainer in said deforming, clamping relation therewith, concurrent to removal of the discharge port from said tip cap and said retainer,
said deforming, clamping relation by said two rib sections further comprising a deformation of said tip cap into an insertion blocking relation to said access opening, concurrent to the removal of the discharge port from said tip cap and said retainer, and
said deformation of said tip cap into said insertion blocking relation to said access opening further comprising an at least partial closure of said access opening.