Malleable tip for agent applicator to a target site
Inventors
Jensen, Flemming Reissig • Metzler, Bettina • Bertelsen, Martin Bue • TOREKOV, Rasmus Kaastrup
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-8864723-B2
Publication Date
2014-10-21
Expiration Date
Abstract
An applicator device for applying an agent to a target site with a malleable tip that can be cut to length with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or similar type of scissors and a malleable tip with a formable tube that that can be cut to length with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or similar type of scissors. The malleable tip is configured for passage of fluid therethrough and includes a malleable member. The malleable member is made of a soft metal that is strong enough to retain the shape of the tip after is has been bend into configuration, but soft and weak enough to be easily cut with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or the like. A method for preparing an applicator device that is suitable for applying an agent to a target site during or before an operation, comprising providing an applicator device with a formable tip, forming said tip to a desired configuration and cutting said formable tip to a desired length with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or similar type of scissors.
Core Innovation
The disclosure describes an applicator device for applying an agent to a target site. The applicator device includes a formable tip configured for passage of fluid therethrough, with a proximal end portion configured for communication with at least one fluid reservoir. The formable tip is configured to be shaped into a desired configuration and to be cut to a desired length with a common pair of nursing dressing scissors.
The formable tip comprises a formable or malleable tube with a lumen for transport of the agent and at least one lumen in which a malleable member is received. The malleable member is made of a soft metal that is strong enough to maintain the desired configuration after bending, while also being soft and weak enough to be cut with nursing dressing scissors or similar scissors. The malleable member supports configuration retention despite being scissors-cuttable.
The surface of the malleable member is provided with serrations defined as substantially circumferentially directed grooves. The grooves extend continuously around the outer surface of the malleable member to form a complete groove in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the malleable member.
Claims Coverage
The partial content includes three independent claims. Across these claims, the coverage centers on a scissors-cuttable formable tip carrying an agent, with an internal soft-metal malleable member that maintains a bent configuration and has circumferential groove serrations extending continuously around the outer surface to form complete grooves in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Scissors-cuttable formable fluid-transport tip with internal malleable member
An applicator device comprising a formable tip configured for passage of fluid therethrough, the formable tip configured to be shaped into a desired configuration and cut to a desired length with a common pair of nursing dressing scissors, the formable tip comprising a formable or malleable tube with a lumen for transport of the agent and at least one lumen in which a malleable member is received.
Soft-metal malleable member retaining bent configuration but cuttable with nursing scissors
The malleable member is made of a soft metal strong enough to maintain the desired configuration after bending, but soft and weak enough to be cut with nursing dressing scissors or similar scissors.
Circumferential serration grooves forming a complete perpendicular groove
The surface of the malleable member is provided with serrations comprising substantially circumferentially directed grooves that extend continuously around the outer surface to form a complete groove in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the malleable member.
Overall, the independent claims require a formable, fluid-transporting tip that can be shaped and cut with common nursing dressing scissors, incorporating an internal soft-metal malleable member that retains a desired bent configuration and is cuttable by scissors, where the malleable member surface includes continuous circumferential groove serrations forming complete grooves in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Stated Advantages
The malleable member maintains the desired configuration after bending.
The malleable member remains soft and weak enough to be cut with nursing dressing scissors or similar scissors.
The grooves extend continuously around the outer surface to form complete serration grooves in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Documented Applications
Applying an agent to a target site using the described applicator device.
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