US 11,628,031 B2Granted

Barrier dispenser and method of using the same

AssigneeSano Curatio, LLC

InventorsNorman Tien-Yo Chien, Richard Alan Swartzbaugh

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising a housing with a left side panel, right side panel, and top panel, each of which may comprise a slot. The apparatus may comprise a front panel that is insertable into the slots of the left and right-side panels. The front panel may comprise a recessed region configured to receive a portion of a medical instrument. A source of a barrier material may be supported by the left and right-side panels. The apparatus may comprise a lid cover comprising a roller portion that is insertable into a slot of the top panel. The lid cover may pivot relative to the housing when the roller portion is inserted into the slot of the top panel. The lid cover and the front panel may form a gap through which a portion of the barrier material may extend when the barrier material is dispensed.

Claims22

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a housing comprising a left side panel, a right-side panel, and a top panel, wherein the left side panel, the right-side panel, and the top panel each comprise one or more slots;
a front panel that is insertable into the one or more slots of the left side panel and the right-side panel, wherein the front panel comprises one or more recessed regions sized and shaped to receive a portion of a medical tool or instrument;
a source of a barrier material that is disposed within the housing and supported by the left side panel and the right-side panel;
and
a lid cover comprising a roller portion that is insertable into the one or more slots of the top panel, wherein the lid cover is pivotable relative to the housing when the roller portion is inserted into the one or more slots of the top panel,
wherein the lid cover and the front panel form a gap through which a portion of the barrier material is permitted to extend when the barrier material is dispensed such that the extended portion of the barrier material hangs freely in proximity to the one or more recessed regions of the front panel.

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Facts

Application: 17/488,057Filed 28 Sep 2021 · continuation in part
Priority: 28 Jun 2016
Published: US 2022/0087767 A124 Mar 2022
Granted: 18 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A61B 50/30
Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers: containers…
A61B 50/31
Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments:…
A61B 90/08
Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00,…
A61B 7/00
Instruments for auscultation

Family

Application62/355,551Us provisional application · filed 28 Jun 2016
Application62/436,105Us provisional application · filed 19 Dec 2016
Application62/460,178Us provisional application · filed 17 Feb 2017
Application15/636,483Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Jun 2017
Application16/354,032Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Mar 2019
Application16/992,614Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Aug 2020
US 2022/0087767 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Mar 2022
US 11,291,518 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 10,743,957 B2Parent of this continuation
Application16/992,614Parent of this continuation
US 10,271,919 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0367779 A1Published application
US 2019/0209256 A1Published application
US 2021/0045830 A1Published application
US 11,628,031 B2This patent

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