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Abstract

A catheter termination assembly includes a catheter connection of the type having a coupling stem at one end, a catheter connection nipple at the opposite end, an axial lumen extending between those ends, and a transverse enlargement between the stem and the nipple. The assembly also includes cup-like end cap, the end cap having an end wall, and a skirt extending from the end wall. The skirt is sized to engage around the enlargement and interfitting surfaces on the enlargement and interior wall of the skirt enable the skirt to be releasably coupled to the enlargement so as to define a fluid-tight chamber encircling the stem. A wall of the end cap has an opening filled by a needle-penetrable, self-sealing septum by which a sterilizing agent may be injected into the chamber so as to immerse the stem in the sterilizing agent.

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