Patent ID: 8454564
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for applying a lock solution in a catheter or access system comprising: a syringe having an expulsion arrangement for expelling the lock solution from the device, said expulsion arrangement including a plunger arranged in a housing of a portion of the syringe; a sterile connector for connecting the syringe to the catheter, the sterile connector being configured to engage a tip end of the syringe when the tip end of the syringe is inserted in the connector, wherein a tip of the expulsion arrangement is configured to be advanced into the connector, wherein the connector is arranged to prevent the tip of the expulsion arrangement from entering the catheter, wherein the tip of the expulsion arrangement is frangible and configured to break off from the expulsion arrangement, and the tip end of the syringe is configured to break off from the syringe, when the syringe is removed from the connector; and a lid coupled to the connector and configured to cover an end of the connector disconnected from the syringe.