Patent ID: 9579486
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A medical device, comprising: a fluid pathway; a septum slidably housed within the fluid pathway, the septum dividing the fluid pathway into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber; the septum configured to be advanced in a distal direction, to an activated position; a septum actuator disposed in a fixed position within the distal fluid chamber of the fluid pathway, the septum actuator extending proximally into the distal fluid chamber, the septum actuator having an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall forming a lumen in fluid communication with the fluid pathway; a ventilation channel comprising a groove in an inner surface of the medical device, and adjacent the septum; and an anti-pathogenic material applied to one or both of the inner and outer walls of the septum actuator, a portion of the anti-pathogenic material further applied to a surface of the ventilation channel, the portion of the anti-pathogenic material applied to the surface of the ventilation channel having a thickness less than that which would occlude the ventilation channel.