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Disposable applicator

Patent 4778457 Issued on October 18, 1988. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 6, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3075527

3508547

3910284

Disposable liquid applicator
Patent #: 4140409
Issued on: 02/20/1979
Inventor: DeVries

Applicator swab and method of making the same
Patent #: 4259955
Issued on: 04/07/1981
Inventor: Ritter

Cleaning and application device for medical purposes
Patent #: 4291697
Issued on: 09/29/1981
Inventor: Georgevich

Flexible abrasive pad
Patent #: 4459987
Issued on: 07/17/1984
Inventor: Pangburn

Applicators for pharmacologically active agents, their preparation and use Patent #: 4540408
Issued on: 09/10/1985
Inventor: Lloyd

Inventor

Application

No. 06/927929 filed on 11/06/1986

US Classes:

604/290, Method of applying or removing material to or from body604/1, SWAB INCLUDING HANDLE (E.G., STICK, ETC.) WITH ABSORBENT MATERIAL AT END THEREOF604/289, Treating material applied to or removed from external surface of body, or cutaneous layer of skin (e.g., eye treatment, removal of skin impurities, etc.)604/294, Means for treating eye or surface of ocular cavity606/161, Optic, otic or oral scrapper or abraderD24/119Topical applicator (e.g., swab, etc.) (13)

Examiners

Primary: Truluck, Dalton L.
Assistant: Whelton, Denise

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A61F 13/40 (20060101)

Abstract

A disposable applicator for treating blepharitis in the human eye includes a handle having at least one mildly abrasive, porous sponge impregnated with at least one antimicrobial agent or antimicrobial agent combined with a soap or detergent such as an antibiotic or PVP-I.

Other References

  • Pye's Surgical Handicraft, by Hamilton Bailey, ed., The Williams & Williams Co., Baltimore, 1950, pp. 496-501
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