Patent ID: 9550005
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61L,A61M

Claim:
1. A method for sterilizing a catheter with at least a first lumen, comprising: attaching a hub of the first lumen to a hub adapter of a catheter connector and attaching a fluid source to a fluid port of the catheter connector, prior to flushing the first lumen; unlocking the first lumen by disengaging a tubing clamp configured to block fluid flow through the first lumen, prior to flushing the first lumen; inserting a distal end of a fiber optic cable into a fiber insertion port of the catheter connector attached to the hub of the first lumen; flushing the first lumen with fluid from the fluid source; inserting the fiber optic cable into the first lumen until a stopper of the fiber optic cable is adjacent to the fiber insertion port after flushing the first lumen; providing light to the fiber optic cable from a light source after the fiber optic cable is inserted into the first lumen; withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the first lumen while the light is provided; ceasing to provide light to the fiber optic cable after the fiber optic cable is withdrawn from the first lumen; locking the first lumen by engaging the tubing clamp, after withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the catheter; and disengaging the hub from the hub adapter, after locking the first lumen.