Patent ID: 11865322
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method of delivering fluid to a vascular access device comprising:
providing the single use delivery device of claim 1;
providing a vascular access device having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway therethrough, the proximal end having a female luer tip in fluid communication with the passageway;
placing the distal end of the vascular access device in a blood vessel of a patient; depressing the primer element of the single use delivery device to drive air out of the two or more inner chambers;
engaging a male luer connector disposed on the tip of the container with the female luer tip of the vascular access device;
applying force to deform the two or more adjoining collapsible buttons so that a solution located in the two or more adjoining collapsible buttons flows through at least one of the two or more one-way valves into the vascular access device; and
disengaging the male luer connector of the container from the female luer of the vascular access device.