Patent ID: 7875020

Claim:
A medical liquid administration method, comprising: administering a medical liquid to a patient from a medical liquid source through a fluidly-interconnected male luer connector, including: attaching the male luer connector to a female luer connector fluidly connected to a vascular catheter fluidly interconnected to the patient's vascular system; passing the medical liquid from the medical liquid source through the male luer connector and vascular catheter to the patient; and, detaching the male luer connector from the vascular catheter; docking the detached male luer connector to a docking apparatus having a holding receptacle with a single access opening, after the administering step, including: contacting a nozzle of the male luer connector with a top surface of a resilient depressible member disposed within the single access opening of the holding receptacle; and, interconnecting the male luer connector with the holding receptacle, wherein the nozzle depresses the depressible member within and displaces all of the top surface of the depressible member relative to the single access opening of the holding receptacle, and wherein the nozzle is isolated within the holding receptacle of the docking apparatus throughout the docking step.