# US 9,039,967 B2 · Antiseptic applicators and packaging techniques > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,039,967 B2 - Document ID: US9039967B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/757,318 - Filed: 2013-02-01 - Published: 2013-08-08 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-06 - Assignees: Hyprotek, Inc. - Applicants: Hyprotek, Inc. - Inventors: Patrick O. Tennican; L. Myles Phipps - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039967B2 ## CPC - A61B 50/33: Trays - A61B 50/20: Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02) - A61F 13/0253: {characterized by the adhesive material} - A61F 15/004: {Bandage protectors} - A61M 5/158: Needles {for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body} - A61M 25/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)} - A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means} - A61M 39/162: {with antiseptic agent incorporated within the connector} - A61M 39/20: Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes - A61P 17/00: Drugs for dermatological disorders - A61P 31/04: Antibacterial agents - B05C 1/00: Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating (B05C5/02, B05C7/00 take precedence) - B65B 5/00: Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars - B65D 33/25: Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners - B65D 33/28: Strings or strip-like closures {, i.e. draw closures} - B65D 75/40: Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials - B65D 81/26: with provision for draining away, or absorbing, {or removing by ventilation,} fluids, e.g. exuded by contents {(B65D33/01 takes precedence)}; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators - A61B 2050/314: {Flexible bags or pouches} - A61F 13/00063: {comprising medicaments or additives, e.g. odor control, PH control, debriding, antimicrobic (drug delivery dressings A61K9/70; chemical aspect of the additives A61L15/00)} - A61F 15/005: {Bandage applicators} - A61M 2005/1586: {Holding accessories for holding infusion needles on the body} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61P: SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS - B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08) - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract This disclosure describes example antiseptic applicators that may be used in combination with one or more cleansing, antimicrobial and/or antiseptic agents to reduce or eliminate contaminates on a surface. According to some embodiments, the disclosure describes that the applicators may contain an impermeable layer and a permeable layer, where the impermeable layer prevents contaminates for transferring from a user's hand to the permeable layer and the surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical applicator comprising: an impermeable layer, the impermeable layer having an outer surface; a permeable, absorbent layer having a top face coupled to the impermeable layer and a bottom face to interface with a surface; a cleansing, antimicrobial or antiseptic agent disposed within and carried by the permeable, absorbent layer; and a sterile package configured to expose the outer surface of the impermeable layer upon opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical applicator of claim 1, wherein the impermeable layer comprises polyethylene, silicon oxide coated polymeric films, polypropylene, polysilicone, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinyl chloride, mylar, or a mixture thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The medical applicator of claim 2, wherein the outer surface of the impermeable layer has a ridged texture, a lined texture, a dotted texture, a reticulated texture or a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical applicator of claim 1, wherein the permeable, absorbent layer comprises starch polymer, cellulosic gel, polyethylene foam, polyurethane foam, silicone open cell foam, or mixtures thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical applicator of claim 1, wherein the bottom face of the permeable, absorbent layer has a rough texture, a coarse texture, a smooth texture, a micro texture, a nano texture, or a combination thereof configured to scrub the material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medical applicator of claim 1, wherein the cleansing, antimicrobial or antiseptic agent comprises a surfactant, water, a low molecular weight alcohol, a peroxide or peroxide-generating agent or a chelating agent. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medical applicator of claim 1, wherein the antimicrobial or antiseptic agent comprises: about 5 to about 50 mg/ml of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA); at most about 70% ethanol, by volume; at most about 7.5% hydrogen peroxide, by volume; and water. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medical applicator of claim 1, further comprising sterile packaging to store the medical applicator, the packaging configured to expose the outer surface of the impermeable layer when opened. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medical applicator of claim 8, wherein the sterile packaging is configured to store multiple medical applicators separately and consecutively in a strip, wherein each of the medical applicators is independently contained in the strip and may contain a same or a different cleansing, antimicrobial or antiseptic agent as an adjacent medical applicator in the strip. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The medical applicator of claim 8, wherein the sterile packaging is configured to store multiple medical applicators separately and consecutively in a series, wherein each medical applicator of the series contains no antimicrobial, or antiseptic agent or a specific cleansing, antimicrobial, or antiseptic agent to correspond to a specific step in a medical procedure and the packaging is further configured to open based on the steps in the medical procedure. ### Claim 11 A method of preventing the spread of infectious agents comprising: identifying a surface to be sanitized or disinfected; and applying a medical applicator to the surface, the medical applicator comprising: an impermeable backing, the impermeable backing having an outer surface; a permeable face, the permeable face having a first layer coupled to the impermeable backing and a second layer configured to interface with the surface; and an antimicrobial or antiseptic agent disposed within the permeable face, the antimicrobial or antiseptic agent comprising: (a) water; (b) from about 20% to about 70% by volume of ethanol; (c) from about 0.5% to about 7.5% by volume of hydrogen peroxide; and (d) from about 5 mg/mL to about 50 mg/mL of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), acids of EDTA, salts of EDTA, citrate, salts of citrate or any combination thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the surface to be sanitized or disinfected is an area of organic tissue or an area of an inert material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein applying the medical applicator to the surface further comprises: opening a sterile packaging configured to expose the outer surface of the impermeable backing of the medical applicator; removing the medical applicator by grasping the outer surface of the impermeable backing of the medical applicator; wiping the second layer of the permeable face containing the cleansing, antimicrobial or antiseptic agent against the identified surface; and receiving, at least partly responsive to wiping, a visual indication that the cleansing, antimicrobial or antiseptic agent has come in contact with one or more bacteria, one or more spores, one or more parasites, one or more viruses, one or more bodily fluids, or mixtures thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the sterile packaging is configured to independently store multiple medical applicators where each of the medical applicators is stored consecutively in the strip and each of the medical applicators in the strip contain various concentration of the cleaning, antimicrobial or antiseptic agents. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the outer surface of the impermeable backing is configured with a ridged, lined, dotted, tacky or reticulated texture. ### Claim 16 A medical applicator comprising: a permeable, absorbent material, the permeable, absorbent material having an exterior base configured to interact with a surface; an antimicrobial or antiseptic agent disposed within the permeable, absorbent material, the antimicrobial or antiseptic agent comprising at least one or more of water, hydrogen peroxide, carbamide peroxide, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), salts of EDTA, sodium citrate, or other biocompatible chelator, or alcohol; and a flexible, impervious material coupled to an exterior top of the permeable, absorbent material, the flexible, impervious material displayed when a sterile packaging is opened. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The medical applicator of claim 16, wherein the permeable, absorbent material comprises starch polymer, cellulosic gel, polyethylene foam, and/or silicone open cell foam. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The medical applicator of claim 16, wherein the antimicrobial or antiseptic agent comprises: about 5 to about 50 mg/ml of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA); at most about 70% ethanol, by volume; at most about 7.5% hydrogen peroxide, by volume; and water. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The medical applicator of claim 16, wherein the sterile packaging allows for multiple medical applicators to be stored separately and consecutively.