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US 6,685,013 B2Granted
Single patient dose medicament dispenser with applicator
AssigneeCentrix, Inc.
InventorJohn J. Discko, Jr.
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Abstract
A dose package for applying a material with an applicator having a separate material and applicator portion. In one embodiment, a portion of a cover is removable, exposing the material and applicator. In another embodiment, a plurality of material wells are used to mix different materials to be dispensed with an applicator. In another embodiment, a material well is squeezed to dispense the material onto an applicator.
Claims4
A single dose disposable dispenser for dispensing a material to be applied with an applicator comprising:
- a tray having a first and second material well;
- a cover covering the first and second material wells;
- a channel connecting said first and second material wells;
- a frangible channel seal placed in said channel;
- a nozzle connected to one of said first and second material wells;
- a frangible nozzle seal placed in said nozzle;
- and
- an applicator having a bore therein and an applicating portion, the bore adapted to mate with said nozzle,
- whereby the material contained in the first and second well is capable of being mixed and dispensed through the bore and onto the applicating portion.
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A method of dispensing a material to be applied with an applicator comprising the steps of:
- holding a first material in a first well;
- holding a second material in a second well;
- forming a channel between the first and second wells;
- releasable sealing the channel formed between said first and second wells;
- forming a nozzle connected to said second well;
- attaching an applicator having a bore to the nozzle;
- unsealing the channel between the first and second wells;
- moving the first material and second material back and forth between the first and second wells, whereby the first and second materials are mixed together;
- and
- ejecting the mixed first and second material onto the applicator,
- whereby the mixed first and second material is capable of being placed on a surface with the applicator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.