Bone wax applicator
OwnerHamid M. Mehdizadehinventor
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Abstract
A bone wax applicator has a cylinder magazine for storing bone wax and a piston for movement within the cylinder in response to manual activation of a trigger connected to the piston. The wax is moved out of the cylinder magazine through a tube mounted to communicate with one end of the cylinder magazine. The tube has a free end extending from the cylinder magazine with an opening at the free end. A dissector tip is attached to the free end adjacent the opening. Wax exuded from the opening is available to be spread on bleeding bone surfaces using the dissector tip.
Claims12
A bone wax applicator, comprising
- means for providing a force,
- a cylinder having a piston end and an outlet end,
- a piston coupled to said means for providing a force and disposed within said cylinder for close sliding fit therein and for movement between said cylinder piston end and said cylinder outlet end in response to said force,
- said cylinder having an access opening,
- an access opening cover moveable between open and closed positions,
- an open wax transport tube connected at one end to said cylinder outlet end and having an opposing free end,
- said opposing free end having a discharge opening, and
- a dissector tip attached to said opposing free end adjacent said discharge opening.
A bone wax applicator for controlling bone bleeding, comprising
- a manually engageable force generator,
- a cylinder having an axial length, a piston end and an outlet end,
- a piston connected to said manually engageable force generator, said piston being configured for close sliding fit within said cylinder and for movement between said cylinder piston and cylinder outlet ends,
- said cylinder having an accessible wax receiving chamber therein when said piston is positioned at said piston end,
- an access cover for said wax receiving chamber moveable between open and closed positions,
- means for providing a seal between said accessible wax receiving chamber and said access cover in said closed position,
- a wax distribution tube connected at one end to said cylinder outlet end and having a wax outlet port at an opposing free end, and
- a dissector tip mounted adjacent said wax outlet port for applying wax supplied through said wax outlet port.
A bone wax application gun, comprising
- a gun body,
- a gun handle depending from said gun body,
- a gun barrel extending laterally from said gun body,
- a gun trigger pivotally mounted in said gun body, having an accessible free end and an opposing end,
- a cylinder having an axial length and an outlet end mounted in said gun barrel,
- a piston configured for a close sliding fit within said cylinder,
- means responsive to gun trigger pivotal motion disposed between said gun trigger opposing end and said piston for providing movement of said piston along said cylinder axial length,
- a wax transport tube attached at one end to said cylinder outlet end and extending toward a free end from said gun barrel,
- said wax transport tube having a hole in said free end, and
- a dissector tip mounted on said wax transport tube adjacent said free end,
- said cylinder having an accessible wax containment chamber therein,
- said accessible wax containment chamber having an opening therein,
- a chamber opening cover configured to fit within said opening and being movable between a closed and an open position, and
- a seal disposed between said containment chamber opening and said chamber opening cover when said cover is in said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.