Patent ID: 7704002

Claim:
A luer cleaner assembly for cleaning a luer fitting inserted thereinto, comprising: a housing having an open distal end and further having a fluid reservoir secured to a proximal end thereof, the housing defining a luer-receiving cavity within which are contained scrubber components adapted to scrub outer surfaces of a luer fitting inserted into the luer-receiving cavity to be cleaned, and also defining at least one passageway extending from an opening adjacent the fluid reservoir and in fluid communication with the luer-receiving cavity, the housing further including at least one reservoir-penetrating projection distally of the fluid reservoir and extending proximally theretoward and also including a biasing component disposed between the housing and the fluid reservoir maintaining the fluid reservoir spaced proximally from the at least one reservoir-penetrating projection, yet enabling the fluid reservoir to be urged distally against spring bias when desired during luer fitting cleaning such that the at least one reservoir-penetrating projection penetrates a distal cover of the fluid reservoir thus accessing the cleaning fluid which then flows distally through the at least one passageway into the luer-receiving cavity.