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US 11,717,598 B2Granted
Operating room coating applicator and method
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsFrank Richard Cichocki, Duan Li Ou
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a coating apparatus and method for applying a coating of a therapeutic agent, comprising an openable and sealable device compartment, a therapeutic agent positioned in communication with the device compartment, a thermal source for vaporizing the therapeutic agent, and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the device compartment.
Claims14
A coating apparatus for applying a coating of a therapeutic agent, comprising:
- an openable and sealable device compartment;
- a therapeutic agent positioned in communication with the device compartment;
- a thermal source for vaporizing the therapeutic agent;
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- a vacuum source in fluid communication with the device compartment,
- wherein the device compartment is connected to a base, the base incorporating the vacuum source,
- wherein the device compartment is removably and sealably coupled to the base, with electrical and vacuum connections extending between the base and the device compartment,
- wherein the therapeutic agent is entrained in a carrier, and
- wherein the therapeutic agent is triclosan and the carrier is a silicone sheet or pad or film, or a sheet or pad or film made of an absorbable polymer.
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