Patent ID: 7762524

Claim:
A needleless valve assembly comprising: a needleless connector including a housing having an inlet end with an inlet opening and an outlet end with an outlet opening, and a valve disposed in the housing to control passage between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, the valve having a surface disposed in the inlet opening to occlude the inlet opening; a collar having an exterior surface and an interior surface, and a first end with a collar opening communicating between the interior surface and the exterior surface and a second end with the interior surface of the collar moveably attached to an exterior surface of the housing; and a barrier disposed across the collar opening with a slit therethrough and including an anti-microbial material, the collar moveable relative to the housing between a first position with the barrier disposed across the collar opening abutting the inlet end of the housing and the surface of the valve, and a second position with the inlet end of the housing and the surface of the valve depending past the exterior surface of the collar through the slit in the barrier.