Patent ID: 11931540
Assignee: ASSET MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. An assembly of one or more caps for being removably attached to a septum of a needle-free intravascular connector, each cap having a main body that comprises:
a protrusion at a first end,
a cavity,
an opening at a second end distal to the first end with regard to a main axis, for provision of access into the cavity,
the cavity having a circumferential side surface radially facing the main axis, the protrusion having a circumferential side surface sized and shaped to geometrically match the side surface of the cavity, wherein
one or more couples of successively arranged caps are provided with one or more removable covers that are sized and shaped for circumferentially contacting said couple of caps and covering a junction between one or more successively arranged caps, wherein: the main body of the one or more caps further comprises a first material component, the main body of further one or more caps comprises a second material component, and the first material component has a higher hardness value in comparison with the second material component,
the one or more caps are successively arranged in an alternating fashion, such that a protrusion that is provided with the first material component is engaged with a cavity that is provided with the second material component, or a protrusion that is provided with the second material component is engaged with a cavity that is provided with the first material component.