Patent ID: 8506538

Claim:
A medical device for use with a connector of an indwelling line, the medical device comprising: a housing including a proximal portion and a distal portion separated from one another by a transversely extending partition that functions as a dividing wall, the partition having at least one opening defined therein, wherein each of the proximal portion and the distal portion defines a respective proximal cavity and a distal cavity, and wherein the proximal and distal cavities are in fluid communication with one another through the at least one opening in the partition, and wherein the distal cavity comprises a first coupling member configured to receive a portion of a second coupling member of the connector of the indwelling line within the distal cavity of the housing in a mating relationship; a microbial reducing agent disposed within the proximal cavity of the proximal portion; and a deformable member enclosing an end of the proximal portion for maintaining the microbial reducing agent within the proximal cavity of the proximal portion, the deformable member being collapsible into the proximal cavity to force the microbial reducing agent from the proximal cavity into the distal cavity.