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US 6,371,675 B1Granted
Skin disinfectant applicator
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsMinh Q. Hoang, Jonathan K. Burkholz
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Abstract
The applicator for an anti-microbial prep solution of this invention includes a generally hollow handle having a closed proximal end and an open distal end, a foam pad attached to the hollow handle over the open distal end, and a slit formed in the foam pad that acts as a flow control valve.
Claims4
An applicator, comprising:
- a handle having a closed proximal end and an open distal end;
- a foam pad having a substantially non-porous, hydrophobic top portion and a bottom portion together defining a thickness and an end portion and a center portion and being disposed across the open distal end and defining at least one slit extending into the top portion and wherein the foam pad has a radius of curvature that is proximal of the foam pad such that the center portion is offset from the end portion a distance having a value between the thickness divided by six and the thickness divided by four.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.