Fluent Treating Material Held In Reservoir In Hand-supported Applicator Patents (Class 604/310)
  • Patent number: 6238120
    Abstract: A fluid applicator system having a proximal end portion that has a male portion that can be connected to a female inner threaded hub that in turn is attached to a source of a fluid supply. The distal end terminates in a ball that is flocked with bristles that are adhered perpendicularly to the ball. The proximal end and the distal end is fluidly connected by a series of cylindrical tubes that are of decreasing outer diameter from the proximal end in the direction of the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Phillip E. Mark
  • Patent number: 6190367
    Abstract: The medical site prep device of this invention includes a main body portion, preferably in the shape of a hollow ring, a sponge-like material attached to the bottom of the main body portion, a plate disposed in the center of the main body portion and a piston disposed above the plate in the center of the main body portion. The medical site prep device of this invention can simultaneously dispense an anti-microbial agent and a topical anesthetic at the medical site on a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: John P. Hall
  • Patent number: 6083002
    Abstract: A dispensing cartridge especially suitable for use with a hand-held applicator for dispensing liquids having a relatively low viscosity has a chamber and at least one compressible, porous material received in the chamber. Each of the porous materials receives a quantity of a liquid composition. As a piston is advanced in the chamber, each porous material is compressed to cause the composition or compositions to be discharged through an outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Co.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Martin, John M. Horn
  • Patent number: 6053898
    Abstract: A medication dispensing system and method utilizing a hollow ring applicator disposed on a therapist's finger for receiving medicated and non-medicated fluids, lotions and gels from a reservoir to be disposed onto a patient by manual contact by the therapist is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Electromagnetic Bracing Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Alvin S. Ostrow
  • Patent number: 6007264
    Abstract: A small sized shallow pouch like container (3) for a dispensible ingredient includes a pair of built-in outwardly pivotable flaps (5 & 7) positioned on opposite sides of the container's outlet end to form a package applicator (1). Squeezing the container's sides with the fingers expresses the stored ingredient through the outlet and onto the applicator flaps. Using the container portion as a finger grip, the flaps may be moved about the desired surface, spreading the dispensed ingredient. In some embodiments the outlet is opened by squeezing the container sides to break a closure seal (19). In others the outlet is unsealed by pulling the flaps apart (19'); by tearing (35) or is unblocked (57) by unfolding the flaps. In a preferred embodiment the container and applicator combination is formed by a pair of flexible foil sheets of substantially identical structure (21 & 23) that are superimposed over one another and partially connected together to define both the container and the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Felix Investments, LLC
    Inventor: Kurtis James Koptis
  • Patent number: 5989229
    Abstract: A needle cover assembly is provided that incorporates a drug applicator therein. The needle cover assembly includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is formed from a hard material and acts as a needle shield. The inner sleeve also includes an absorbent material thereon that can absorb a drug such as an antimicrobial agent. This allows the absorbent material to be swabbed on the patient's skin prior to puncturing with a needle. The outer sleeve covers the absorbent material and prevents evaporation of the drug from the absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Paul Chiappetta
  • Patent number: 5954703
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing, mixing and applying ALA as a treatment for lesions. The apparatus comprises a deformable container enclosing a hermetically sealed compartment of essentially anhydrous ALA which is shielded from exposure to air and moisture, and a liquid diluent. The liquid diluent may be in a second compartment. The deformable container is squeezed to crush the compartments and mix the essentially anhydrous ALA with the liquid diluent. The ALA may be delivered from the deformable container through a point applicator for controlling and precisely directing the application during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Dusa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Allyn Golub
  • Patent number: 5833675
    Abstract: An irrigator device, and in particular an ear canal irrigation device, comprising a hand-held pump bottle, a conduit tube connected to the pump bottle, an end tube connected to the conduit tube, where the end tube has an internal bore of much smaller diameter than the internal bore of the conduit tube, and where the end tube is composed of a highly flexible material such that it will oscillate when water is pumped through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventor: Teddy Garcia
  • Patent number: 5830197
    Abstract: A method for irrigation of a wound, said method comprising a reservoir housing containing a wound irrigation solution and a discharge means attachable thereto, said discharge means having at least one port therethrough wherein said port, or ports forms a nozzle for directing a pressurized dispersed stream of said solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Innovation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul J. Rucinski
  • Patent number: 5795343
    Abstract: A device is designed for easy application of an antiseptic, such as peroxide, to an injured area. The device includes a housing having a central cavity in which an absorbent pad, such as a sponge, is permanently affixed. An antiseptic, e.g. peroxide, is also disposed within the cavity and absorbed by the pad. A flexible cover is sealed to the housing to close the cavity and contain the absorbent pad and the antiseptic. The cover is designed for easy removal to expose the pad and its absorbed antiseptic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventors: Edward Q. Yavitz, Randall S. Yavitz
  • Patent number: 5632728
    Abstract: A plastic skin testing and vaccinating needle characterized by an end bifurcated into two sharp points spaced sufficiently close so that the points will form a small hole in the skin when the needle is simultaneously rotated and pressed against the skin. The spacing also causes liquid to adhere to and between the points when the end is dipped in skin testing or vaccinating liquid. The cross-section of the needle shaft is sufficiently large that the needle can be readily rotated between a user's thumb and index finger. Rotation is facilitated by altering or roughening the surface of the shaft so as to reduce slippage during rotation. Preferably, the needle is formed in a die produced by electro-discharge machining so as to have an etched or matte surface which enhances the adherence of liquid to the bifurcated end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Lincoln Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary L. Hein
  • Patent number: 5529577
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for delivering tissue adhesives to a surface which covers or surrounds a lumen, cavity or organ, or potential lumen or cavity, within a human or animal. Also disclosed is a method of delivering tissue adhesives to a surface which covers or surrounds a lumen, cavity or organ, or potential lumen or cavity, within a human or animal. The method is particularly suited to sealing perforations in vascular walls, such as after arterial access for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Percutaneous Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Atherectomy and similar diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Hemodynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Julius G. Hammerslag
  • Patent number: 5470323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for applying a plurality, preferably two, dermatological agents to the skin from a single dispensing and applicator system comprising a plurality of compartmentalized applicator pads which may be exposed and sequentially or simultaneously applied to the skin area to be treated. Each of the applicator pads in the system are provided with a different dermatological agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Creative Products Resource Associates, Ltd.
    Inventors: James A. Smith, Betty J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 5460620
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for applying a plurality of compositions, preferably two, containing a dermatological or other therapeutical agent to the skin from a single dispensing and applicator system. The system has a plurality of compartmentalized applicator pads which may be exposed and sequentially or simultaneously applied to the skin area to be treated. The system is useful for administering separate phases of an occlusive or semi-occlusive film-forming solution for treating pathologies of the skin. When the phases are applied to and dried upon the skin, a polymeric film forms to retain the therapeutical agent in contact with the surface of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Creative Products Resource, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Smith, Betty J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 5456677
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for easily and conveniently self-administering caffeine in combination with a breath freshener. Caffeine, which has important physiological effects as a central nervous system stimulant, is readily, conveniently and effectively administered to humans in a manner neither heretofore recognized nor disclosed, and which uniquely provides for very rapid onset of the stimulatory physiological effect to the user. The caffeine, with a carrier and in combination with a breath freshener, is dispensed as a liquid spray or stream directly onto a person's tongue, from which it is rapidly absorbed in the human system by swallowing and absorption from the intestinal tract or by absorption through the buccal membranes. The caffeine is administered on an as-needed basis in daily quantities of preferably up to 200 mg per four hour period, through one or preferably several metered dosages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: John E. Spector
  • Patent number: 5273528
    Abstract: A scarifier and dispensing device for inoculating livestock and other animals which includes an applicator at one end thereof and a scarifying tip extending from the opposite end thereof and which has an internal chamber for retention and dispensing of medicinal fluid which chamber is in communication with the applicator so that medicinal fluid may be dispensed as the applicator end is moved in contact with a prepared area of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventors: Mikell L. Skeen, Sam L. Shackelford
  • Patent number: 5269684
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying coatings to various surface types. The apparatus includes a dispenser for holding a quantity of the coating material and a delivery tip having adjustable bristles at one end. The bristles are slidably secured in a spiral passageway formed by a helical ridge inside the delivery tip, thereby allowing the coating material to be continuously applied without the need to stop the procedure and rewet the applicator. The applicator permits accurate control of the amount of coating material applied to the surface. In this way, the surface receives neither an excessive nor an insufficient amount of the coating material. Moreover, the bristles may be pushed in to permit the coating material to be applied to a small, irregular surface, such as pits and fissures, or pulled out to permit the bristles to fan out for application to broad surface areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Ultradent Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan E. Fischer
  • Patent number: 5259835
    Abstract: A wound closure device employs a porous bonding member which receives a flowable adhesive capable of providing long term wound support. The bonding member is positioned by a carrier member that is used to achieve initial apposition of the wound and which may later be removed. An intermediate barrier may be provided between the bonding pad and the wound site. Alternatively, a rigid applicator may be utilized for positioning the bonding pad at the wound site. The closure device can include a supply of flowable adhesive for adhering the bonding member to the skin of the patient. Suitable flowable adhesives are cyanoacrylates. A form of packaging supports the wound closure member for preapplication of the adhesive and can serve as a part of a sterile barrier package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Tri-Point Medical L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Clark, Douglas M. Spranger, Paul J. Mulhauser, Paul R. Lacotta
  • Patent number: 5207657
    Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a movable top that pivots open to expose a recessed dispensing tip and pivots closed to cover and seal the dispensing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Gibilisco
  • Patent number: 5201726
    Abstract: An eye-bathing device comprises an eye-cup (14) adapted to receive the eye being bathed, and a pump (11) for delivering an eye bathing solution to the eye-cup through a spray nozzle (13), the eye-cup (14) having an inlet opening (35) aligned with the spray nozzle. The pump (11) is hand-operated, and is located within a housing (10) supporting the eye-cup (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Hans Rohl
    Inventor: Clive Kirkham
  • Patent number: 5147337
    Abstract: A medicament dispenser comprising carrier structure; elongated pusher structure on the carrier structure; elongated receptacle structure beneath the pusher structure and on the carrier structure, there being an elongated zone or zones between the pusher structure and receptacle structure to receive dispensable medicament substance or substances; the pusher structure being selectively manually deflectable toward the receptacle, at selected locations along pusher structure length; the receptacle structure being porous at selected lengthwise locations corresponding to the selected pusher structure locations, and in response to downward deflection of the pusher structure; whereby dispensing of dispensable medicament substance or substances occurs at locations corresponding to selected deflected locations of the pusher structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Inventor: Clifford Plone
  • Patent number: 5122056
    Abstract: An applicator to deliver and hold anesthetic to the gums of a teething infant. In a first embodiment, an open ended trough having a sponge lining has a handle, so that medicament may be applied to the sponge lining and then held against the gum. In a second embodiment, a tube and syringe are provided in place of the handle, and the trough has a passage where the tube attaches, so that medicament within the syringe may be measurably delivered and held to the gum. Handle and tube may be flexible, or if not flexible, attached to the trough by a joint. Orientation of the handle is preferably within 44 and 96 degrees from a normal to the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventor: Carl A. Barbee
  • Patent number: 5088849
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a plurality of liquids, such as for tanning, at the same time to the human body. The applicator includes a handle and an applicator head at the top of the handle. The head receives a pad for contact with the body where the liquids are to be applied. The handle has at least two chambers for separately containing the liquids. The liquids are fed from the chambers to the applicator pad for application to the body upon contact with the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Jeff H. Johnson
    Inventors: Jeff H. Johnson, Tom D. Bowers
  • Patent number: 5059187
    Abstract: Method for irrigating a wound and/or abrasion with a liquid wound cleansing solution dispensed from a hand-held container with the liquid wound cleansing solution disposed therein and to be dispensed through a manually operable valve. The method includes the steps of providing a propellant in the container which provides a pressure for propelling the wound cleansing solution through the valve, actuating the manually actuated valve to provide a stream of liquid wound cleansing solution which is substantially equivalent in volume and in pressure to that generated by a human hand-held 30 to 60 milliliter syringe having an 18 gauge needle mounted thereon and directing the stream toward the wound or abrasion to irrigate and cleanse the wound and/or abrasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Dey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Sperry, Allan M. Raff
  • Patent number: 5045073
    Abstract: A digital applicator for topically applied medicaments includes a dactyl cot formed of a tubular casing having a closed distal end. A conical dispenser formed of an absorbent material such as sponge is attached to the distal end. The casing wall is sufficiently thin and flexible so as not to significantly inhibit tactile sensitivity. Absorbed in the dispenser is a quantity of medicament with force exerted by the tip of a dactyl serving to compress the dispenser, thereby extruding a desired dosage of medicament on an affected area. The casing may be coiled in a toroid and sealed in a packet prior to use and the dispenser may be charged with medicament prior to packaging. Alternately, the user may absorb a desired quantity of medicament in the dispenser and then proceed with applying the medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Inventor: Eugene C. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5024325
    Abstract: A dispensing package for dispensing discrete portions of a vaporizable material in the form of prewetted absorbent pads, wherein the dispensing package broadly comprises a container and a plurality of such absorbent pads. The absorbent pads are closely stacked within the container, and generally comprise an absorbent pad portion with a flexible film backing which is resistant to permeation of the vaporizable material therethrough, and a collapsible tab- or ring-like structure joined to the backing opposite the absorbent pad portion. In other embodiments, the absorbent pad portion is preferably sub-divided into sub-portions having different fluid absorbing characteristics, which sub-portions are separated by the same flexible film as used in the backing, and less than all of the sub-portions are initially prewetted with the vaporizable material or are prewetted with different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: DowBrands Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas P. Gundlach
  • Patent number: 5019033
    Abstract: A disposable hollow bulb-shaped applicator has an ointment-permeable soft mesh membrane which covers the bulbous end of the applicator. Resilient walls surround and interconnect both ends of the applicator, and form a chamber for holding ointment therebetween. The applicator has a necked end opposite to the bulbous end which may be attached to a container of ointment. The ointment chamber of the applicator may be filled with ointment by pressurizing the container (e.g. by squeezing) to force ointment from the container into the applicator. A plug is inserted into the necked end of the applicator to prevent the flow of ointment out of the applicator through the necked end. The filled applicator is squeezed to force ointment through the soft mesh membrane and onto the surface which is to be treated by the ointment. The applicator may be discarded after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventor: Navin M. Geria
  • Patent number: 5006004
    Abstract: A dispenser for the topical application of a liquid product. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the dispenser comprises a compressible reservoir, a feed tube, a smooth, substantially non-porous applicator tip, and a tip cover. Compression of the reservoir causes liquid product to flow onto the exposed surface of the applicator tip and form an encapsulating sheet of the liquid product. The liquid product may then be transferred from the applicator tip to the surface to be treated by contacting the surface with the liquid product coated applicator tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert S. Dirksing, Theodore F. Merz
  • Patent number: 4997371
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying dental bonding agents to tooth surfaces. The apparatus includes a syringe-type dispenser for holding a quantity of bonding agent and an applicator tip having short bristles at one end. The applicator tip is curved to accommodate access to tooth surfaces undergoing restorative dental procedures. The short bristles are in communication with the syringe-type dispenser, thereby allowing the bonding agent to be continuously applied to the tooth surfaces without the need to stop the procedure and rewet the applicator in a bonding agent source. The syringe-type applicator permits accurate control over the amount of bonding agent applied to the tooth surface. In this way, the tooth surface receives neither an excessive nor an insufficient amount of the bonding agent. Moreover, the short bristles permit the bonding agent to be applied to the tooth surface without damaging the fragile crystalline structure produced during acid etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Dan E. Fischer
  • Patent number: 4892526
    Abstract: An surgical irrigation apparatus consisting of a container for a fluid suitable for irrigating tissue during surgical procedures, a conduit leading from the container and an adjustable pump spray nozzle attached to an opposing end of the conduit to permit an adjustable spray of fluid therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Inventor: H. William Reese
  • Patent number: 4784652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable, handheld eyewash dispenser for discharging an eyewash liquid. The eyewash dispenser includes a housing and an expandable rubber bladder mounted in the housing. The housing and the rubber bladder conjointly define a chamber for accommodating the eyewash liquid therein. A propellant cartridge containing a propellant under pressure is mounted in the rubber bladder. A pressure valve responsive to a predetermined pressure of the eyewash liquid is mounted in the housing. A release mechanism is provided for acting on the propellant cartridge for discharging the propellant therefrom to inflate and expand the bladder thereby imparting pressure to the eyewash liquid causing the latter to be expressed through a nozzle. The housing is configured to permit the user to comfortably grasp the dispenser in one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Fagersta EL & Diesel AB
    Inventor: Jan Wikstrom
  • Patent number: 4759755
    Abstract: An elongated sleeve member having an upper open end and a lower open end, and with an annular flange extending radially outwardly from adjacent the open lower end is affixed to an elongated stem member in a substantially vertical orientation for immersion in a liquid substance held in a vial. A sleeve-like surface extending between the open ends of the elongated sleeve member, and a surface defining the lower end of the sleeve and an outwardly extending annular flange provide means to remove a consistent quantity of a liquid substance, such as a liquid allergenic agent, from a storage vessel or vial, and to transfer the liquid to a receiving scarifier structure, such as a cluster of multiple scarifier points. The outer periphery and upper surface of the flange provide a means for carrying excess liquid, and the flange provides for wiping the excess liquid from the sleeve member and flange prior to dispensing a desired quantity of liquid allergenic agent onto a cluster of scarifier points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1966
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Lincoln Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Hein, Donald R. Mowen
  • Patent number: 4740194
    Abstract: A self-containing liquid swab applicator having a hollow tubing of a thin-walled plastic material for retaining therein a supply liquid and the material for being heat fusible, at least one end thereof being closed for securing retention of the supply liquid, one of the ends having an orifice adapted for exiting of the supply liquid, removable tab means secured upon the orifice for closure of the orifice until removed, and cotton form means permitting wicking and forming an environmental member about the orifice portion of the swab applicator for dispensing the supply liquid when the orifice is opened. The open end(s) may receive sequentially pulsing of alternate injections of supply liquid and air into one end of the tubing in measurable amounts and forming liquid lock portions and air lock portions along the tubing, and defining N segments of supply liquid spaced apart by air locks, and the segments may be cut apart at the air locks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventors: William A. Barabino, Raymond S. Dean
  • Patent number: 4740206
    Abstract: A sealed, disposable pocket-size package for an eye-rinsing liquid comprises a flexible plastic bottle containing the liquid. The bottle includes a neck that is closed by a cap welded thereto. One end of the cap communicates with a connector for a liquid discharge tube that is located within the bottle, and the other end of the cap defines a liquid sprinkle member which extends into a cup-shaped eye bowl that is integral with the cap. The eye bowl is shaped to define an open mouth and includes a liquid drainage hole in a bottom wall of the bowl. The open mouth of the eye bowl is sealed closed by a cover that is tearably welded thereto, the cover including an integral plug which extends from the inner surface of the cover across the bowl into the drainage hole to also close the drainage hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Tobin Scandinavia AB
    Inventor: Claes Allander
  • Patent number: 4738669
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a handle portion supporting at least three spaced-apart, flexible prongs or tines that meet at a pyramidal apex to form a fluid-containing cradle. The cradle holds a precise amount of fluid therein by surface tension between the prongs and the fluid. The small cradle pocket formed at the apex of these prongs has a capillary channel disposed ahead of it, which terminates at the tip of the prongs. When the tip of the prongs are contacted to a body surface in question and slightly flexed, fluid will flow from the cradle through the capillary channel to this surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Inventor: David G. Vlock
  • Patent number: 4701168
    Abstract: A disposable applicator has a frangible housing which prior to rupture can effectively maintain a sterile field for storage of antiseptic or the like. Preselected fluid matter is impregnated in an absorbent pad received within the frangible housing. During use, the housing is initially ruptured by peeling away a sealing layer from a supporting member so as to expose the absorbent pad. Then, upright members extending from the housing may be squeezed together for purposes of both handling the applicator and for flexing the remaining housing portion so as to push the absorbent pad away from the housing and towards the target surface. The absorbent pad is received within a concavity of the housing, which concavity tends to be flattened out by squeezing together the upright members which extend from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Span America Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Gammons
  • Patent number: 4701167
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an applicator for the discharge of disinfectant from an aerosol can. The applicator provides an inner and an outer confinement means which permits the discharge of disinfectant from the aerosol can onto a relatively large area being treated.The applicator also comprises an inner confinement adapter which is disposed within the outer confinement means so as to permit a smaller portion of a patient's body to be disinfected. A finger may disposed against the inner confinement apparatus and disinfected appropriately due to the smaller size of the inner confinement means as opposed to the outer confinement means. The flow of disinfectant when the outer confinement means is utilized is not compromised because of the spaced relationship axially between the two confinement rims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: The Kendall Company
    Inventor: William J. Chekan
  • Patent number: 4636203
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning and treating earlobes which have been pierced to form earring postholes comprising an elongated pinlike probe secured at one end to a plug member which is removably secured in the neck of a flexible walled container for holding and dispensing a cleaning and medicinal treating solution. The probe member is formed with an elongated shank extending from the plug member and having a spherical distal end. In one embodiment the probe is formed of a longitudinal groove defining opposed parallel tissue scraping or reeming surfaces and providing a flow channel for introducing a quantity of solution into the posthole. Another embodiment of the probe is formed with an internal flow channel opening into the longitudinal groove at spaced apart orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Inventors: Russell B. Emanis, Don L. Wallace, Travis W. Wolfe, Waverly B. Emanis
  • Patent number: 4583982
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device features a hand held tool having at least three fluid supporting prongs. The prongs are arranged in pyramidal fashion to form a fluid containing cradle at the apex. An exact amount of fluid is held in the cradle by surface tension forces. When the prongs are flexed, the surface tension forces are disrupted causing a discharge of the fluid to an exact area of a body surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Inventor: David G. Vlock
  • Patent number: 4575891
    Abstract: A small (2".times.2") sterilizing pad device for individually sanitizing a toilet seat are disclosed. Each pad is provided with a one-fourth inch moist absorbent swab layer for sterilizing the toilet seat and a thin slightly stiff cardboard upper cap having a raisable thumb tab to be used for manipulating the pad over the upper surface of a toilet seat. The pads are of material which softens in water so that they will readily flush away in the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Inventor: Mark Valente
  • Patent number: 4571769
    Abstract: A compact roller applicator for personal use in the application of sun tan and protective lotions to the body. The small roller, and short handle provides an extension of arms reach, making it possible for oneself to easily and thoroughly apply protective lotions to the area of ones own back. Protective lotion is deposited on the resilient foam roller cover. The protective lotion is then applied to the back, or other areas of the body by light roller movement. The handle and cradle uni-body incorporates a retractable pivotal protective cover for protection of the roller. The retractable pivotal protective cover is held in open or closed position by detent action. The resilient foam covered roller is easily removed for replacement. The compact size, and light weight permits portability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Inventor: Thomas M. Ford
  • Patent number: 4519795
    Abstract: A disposable swab for application of medicament and the like to the skin, which comprises a flat, sheet-like strip and a pad member centrally attached to at least one side of the strip. The first inner pair of fold lines is transversely positioned in the strip, with each fold line of the first pair being positioned on opposite sides of, and adjacent opposite ends of, the pad member by generally equal distances, to permit opposed terminal portions of the strip to be folded rearwardly relative to the pad. A second, outer pair of fold lines may be transversely positioned in the strip, each fold line of the second pair being positioned adjacent opposite ends of the strip by generally equal distances to permit end portions of the rearwardly folded terminal portions to be pinched by the fingers together into flat, abutting relation. Accordingly, the strip can form a structure which is generally triangular in cross section, with the base of the trianglar cross section carrying the pad member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Hitchcock, Jr., Charles J. Nevens
  • Patent number: 4401434
    Abstract: A kit containing equipment and medication to facilitate the removal of slivers or similar foreign substances from the human body. The kit includes a receptacle, adapted to be filled with an antiseptic or similar fluid, and a cap positionable over the receptacle in a fluid-tight relation. The cap includes a fluid applicator and a view enlarging assembly hingedly connected to the top section of the cap. The cap is also equipped with splinter removal equipment including a pair of tweezers and a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Inventor: Jeanette C. Harris