Device for applying medical fluid to an area and for cutting within the area
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorTyler Devin Panian
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Abstract
A device for applying medical fluid to an area and for cutting within the area is provided. The device includes an inlet port, a fluid flow channel, an outlet and a blade. The inlet port is configured for receiving the medical fluid into the device. The fluid flow channel is configured for the fluid to flow through the device. A first end of the fluid flow channel is connected to the inlet port. An outlet is configured for the fluid to come out of the device. The outlet is positioned at a second end of the fluid flow channel. The blade is configured for cutting within the area.
Claims16
A device for applying medical fluid to an area and for cutting within the area, the device comprising:
- a blade made of a single piece of material and comprising:
- an inlet port positioned on a non-cutting edge of the blade and sized and shaped for coupling via insertion to an outlet port of a fluid reservoir in order to receive the medical fluid from the outlet port into the device;
- a fluid flow channel configured for the medical fluid to flow through the device, a first end of the fluid flow channel connected to the inlet port, wherein the fluid flow channel branches into a plurality of channels having respective outlets, the outlets configured for the medical fluid to come out of the device to sterilize the area;
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- a straight cutting edge provided parallel to the non-cutting edge, on which the inlet port is positioned, and configured for cutting in the area that the medical fluid has been applied to,
- wherein each of the outlets forms a gap along the straight cutting edge of the blade.
A method of using a device for applying medical fluid to an area and for cutting within the area, the method comprising:
- connecting an inlet port positioned on a non-cutting edge of a blade of the device to a reservoir of medical fluid via insertion of an outlet port of the reservoir of the medical fluid into the inlet port, the inlet port sized and shaped for coupling to the outlet port of the reservoir, wherein the blade further comprises a straight cutting edge provided parallel to the non-cutting edge, on which the inlet port is positioned, for cutting in the area, the blade comprising a single piece of material, a fluid flow channel for the medical fluid to flow through the device, and outlets each forming a gap along the straight cutting edge of the blade;
- causing the medical fluid to flow from the reservoir into the inlet port positioned on the non-cutting edge of the blade through the fluid flow channel, wherein the fluid flow channel branches into a plurality of channels corresponding to the outlets, wherein the medical fluid exits via the outlets to sterilize the area;
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- cutting with the straight cutting edge of the blade in the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.