# US 9,750,922 B2 · Systems and methods for providing an antimicrobial dispensing applicator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,922 B2 - Document ID: US9750922B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/185,820 - Filed: 2014-02-20 - Published: 2015-08-20 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-20 - Assignees: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Applicants: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Inventors: Minh Quang Hoang; Huibin Liu; Jonathan Karl Burkholz; Bryan G. Davis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750922B2 ## CPC - A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means} - B65B 3/003: {Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like} - B65B 7/14: Closing collapsible or resilient tubes, e.g. for tooth paste, for lighter fuel - B65B 51/10: Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof {(welding of plastics per se B29C65/02; closing plastic tube ends in general B29C57/10)} - 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)} - 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) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the distal end of the body is cone-shaped and wherein a tip of the distal end includes a weakened formation thereon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising an air vent located within the body, wherein the body comprises a semi-flexible material and upon compressing the body the barrier is defeated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein the defeatable barrier comprises a membrane having a first thickness and a second thickness, the second thickness being configured to break in response to increased pressure within the reservoir when the body is compressed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion having a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the distal portion. ### Claim 6 A method for manufacturing an applicator device, comprising: providing a body having a lumen for receiving an antiseptic agent, the lumen defining a reservoir for containing the antiseptic agent; filling the reservoir with the antiseptic agent; sealing a distal extremity and a proximal extremity of the reservoir after the reservoir is filled with antiseptic agent; coupling a pad to a distal end of the body; enclosing a defeatable barrier within the pad, wherein upon defeating the barrier, the reservoir and the pad are brought into fluid communication with each other; and coupling a pinching actuator 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the body further comprises an air vent located therein, and wherein the body comprises a semi-flexible material and upon compressing the body the barrier is defeated. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising forming the defeatable barrier in a wall of the body by one of laser cutting, laser drilling, ultrasonic cutting, and using a heated element.