US 9,750,922 B2 · Systems and methods for providing an antimicrobial dispensing applicator

Abstract

A handheld antiseptic dispensing applicator device having a reservoir for storing an antiseptic agent, the reservoir being coupled to an applicator pad, and a defeatable membrane or barrier being interposed between the reservoir and the applicator pad. Embodiments of the device comprise a squeezable reservoir, wherein the internal hydraulic pressure of the squeezable reservoir is increased via user applied forces to thereby defeat the membrane releasing the antiseptic agent contained therein which is then absorbed by the applicator pad. The defeatable barrier or membrane is also removable or may be defeated in connection with other mechanisms according to various embodiments.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An applicator device, comprising:

a body having a lumen for receiving an antiseptic agent, the lumen defining a reservoir containing the antiseptic agent, wherein the lumen is sealed at a distal extremity and a proximal extremity thereof following receipt of the antiseptic agent;
a pad coupled to a distal end of the body;
a defeatable barrier interposedly positioned between the reservoir and the pad, wherein upon defeating the barrier, the reservoir and the pad are in fluid communication, wherein the defeatable barrier is enclosed within the pad;
and
a pinching actuator coupled adjacent the distal end of the body between the body and the pad, wherein the pinching actuator is configured to defeat the defeatable barrier upon actuation.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/185,820Filed 20 Feb 2014

Published

US 2015/0231380 A120 Aug 2015

Granted

5 Sep 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61M 35/006
Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media: using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading…
B65B 3/003
Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes,…:…
B65B 7/14
Closing containers or receptacles after filling: closing collapsible or resilient tubes, e.g. for tooth paste, for lighter fuel
B65B 51/10
Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags: applying…

Systems and methods for providing an antimicrobial dispensing applicator

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Systems and methods for providing an antimicrobial dispensing applicator

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Abstract

Claims8