| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 604001000 | SWAB INCLUDING HANDLE (E.G., STICK, ETC.) WITH ABSORBENT MATERIAL AT END THEREOF | 29 |
| 20080208100 | Method and apparatus for removal of cerumen - A method of removing cerumen includes providing an applicator swab comprising an applicator stick having a swab tip mounted on a first end of the applicator stick, the swab tip including a medical grade pressure sensitive adhesive absorbed onto a top surface of said swab tip in a surface area of at least 25 square millimeters, the adhesive having a tack force sufficient to attach to and dislodge a large piece of cerumen from a person's external ear canal and hold it for at least three seconds. An end of the applicator swab is inserted into the external ear canal so that the top layer of the applicator tip contacts the cerumen. The applicator swab is then removed with the attached cerumen and the process is repeated as necessary after wiping off the cerumen. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080214977 | Controllable swab device - An improved swab device includes a handle member having a swab portion and a hinge. The hinge divides the handle member into a handle portion and a controllable portion. The device further includes a first stop member and a second stop member. The controllable portion may articulate from a rest position in a first direction until it is retained in a first retained position. The first stop member is configured to prohibit the swab portion from articulating any further in a first direction and also may be configured to maintain the swab portion in the first retained position. The swab portion may then be released from the first retained position and articulate in an opposite second direction until it is retained in a second position. The second stop member is configured to prohibit the swab from articulating any further in a second direction and also may be configured to maintain the swab portion in the second retained position. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080300527 | HANDHELD DEVICES FOR MANUALLY CLEANING BODY ORIFICES - Disposable handheld devices for manually cleaning nostrils and/or other body orifices are disclosed herein. A device configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a shaft having a first end portion spaced apart from a second end portion to define a first exterior surface portion therebetween with at least one ridge portion extending outwardly therefrom. The device can further include a first tip portion positioned toward the first end portion of the shaft and a second tip portion positioned toward the second end portion of the shaft. The first tip portion can include a second ridge portion extending outwardly from a second exterior surface portion. The second tip portion can include a third ridge portion extending outwardly from a third exterior surface portion. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090118658 | Wound Closure Adhesive Remover - A kit for storing and applying an adhesive removing device comprising an enclosure which includes a base portion and a removable top layer releasably secured to the base portion; an adhesive removing device including at least one wiping mechanism which includes at least one absorbent portion; and a biocompatible composition including a solvent and a moisturizing agent embedded in the absorbent portion of the wiping mechanism. A method for storing and applying an adhesive removing device comprises a series of steps for using the adhesive removing device to remove an adhesive from a surface. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090216172 | Pre-moistened cotton swabs - A process for manufacture of an improved cotton swab product for use in personal hygiene, application or removal of cosmetics, or application of medication. Cotton swabs today are sold in packages containing hundreds of individual swabs that can come into contact with germs once the package is opened. This improved invention will prevent contamination of the swabs because they will be individually wrapped. Further, this improved invention will contain a saline solution sprayed into each cotton tip of the swab during the processing stage which will allow the user to clean their ears or other body parts much easier than using just a dry cotton swab. Dry swabs do not properly clean the ears and with this improved invention of a pre-moistened swab, personal hygiene will be much easier and more thorough. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090281472 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASES AND THE LIKE - A disposable swab tipped medication applicator containing one or more pharmacologically active agents in an anhydrous crystalline or powdered form at the swab. A method for use of the swab tipped applicator provides for delivery the pharmacological agent(s) to an area of the skin, such as the external auditory canal, preferably after showering or bathing, so that the dry agent is dampened so as to treat conditions of the skin. A package of the prepared applicators is provided in one embodiment, while in another embodiment applicators having two different medicaments are provided in a single package for treatment of a condition. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20110054377 | NOSE CLEANING DEVICE - A nose cleaning device comprises first and second buds, each bud at the end of a shaft, and the shafts connected together with the buds biased apart in a tweezer arrangement. The inner faces of the buds are flat, and each bud comprises a depth limiting stop for limiting the depth to which the bud can be inserted into a nostril. The invention thus provides a simple to use device which can help parents improve the comfort of their child or carers improve the comfort of disabled or elderly patients. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120010552 | DISPOSABLE APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY - A disposable applicator assembly includes a handle of a diameter substantially larger than the diameter of an applicator stick. The applicator assembly includes a casing, the applicator stick, and an applicator (e.g., a swab). A support structure is disposed within the casing and engages the applicator stick. A product may be housed in the casing for delivery by the applicator. The applicator assembly may be formed of a single material that is suitable for an injection molding process. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120150088 | Swab for Collecting Biological Specimens - The present invention relates to a swab for collecting biological specimens of the type consisting of a rod terminating in a tip covered with fibre with hydrophilic properties to allow absorption of said specimens, wherein said fibre covers said tip in the form of a layer deposited by flocking. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120283616 | SWAB APPLICATOR AND METHODS OF USE - A swab applicator for collecting debris and other materials from small and hard to reach spaces and cavities and applying materials to selected areas, including small and hard to reach spaces and cavities. The swab applicator includes an elongated member having two opposite ends having respective end members extending from the ends. One of the end member loops to form one or more through openings and has a surface made from or covered with an absorbent material. The other end member is different from the first end member and, in one configuration, is a wad mounted on the end of the elongated member. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130053751 | NEEDLE WITH AN ANTISEPTIC SWAB - A disposable pen needle assembly for affixing to a pen injector for injecting a medicament, such as insulin, into a user. The pen needle assembly includes a needle that is sealed within a hub such that a proximal end of the needle is retained within the hub and enclosed by a peel-off hub inner seal. The opposite end of the needle extends outwardly for injecting the medicament. There is a sealed chamber external of the peel-off hub inner seal that contains a swab soaked with an antiseptic material. An outer removable seal, that also can be a peel-off seal, covers the sealed chamber containing the swab so that the user can simply remove the outer seal to gain access to the swab for cleansing the potential injection site. After swabbing the injection site, the hub seal is then also peeled off to access the needle for use in conventional manner. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130053752 | BUILT-IN NON-VERBAL INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE INTEGRATABLE TO APPLICATORS - A built-in non-verbal compact instructional device integratable to an applicator having a microdevice for painlessly perforating skin and optionally an active agent for application to the perforated area. The microdevice can include microneedles, microneedle arrays, microblades, microblade arrays, microknives, microknife arrays, and Functional MicroArrays (FMAs). The active agent can be stored in a first chamber. The microdevice can perforate stratum corneum without significant pain or discomfort to a patient. The active agent is applied to the perforated area. The device verifies compliance with predetermined methods of use, such as a light to indicate application with the recommended amount of force for perforating skin. The applicator can provide enhanced delivery of an active agent, with minimal discomfort, for therapeutic or cosmetic treatment, such as topical treatment for acne, or other skin disorders, wrinkles, blemishes, etc. The applicator is also useful for providing improved systemic or localized delivery of an active agent. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130066251 | MULTIPLE-USE BLOOD BLOTTING DEVICES FOR DIABETICS FOR USE WHEN MONITORING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS - A multiple-use blotting device for blotting blood from a fingertip includes a substrate, and a blood absorbing pad secured to the substrate. The blood absorbing pad has a plurality of blood absorbing sections that are evenly spaced from one another. The blotting device includes a protective cover overlying the blood absorbing pad, the protective cover having a window formed therein for exposing the blood absorbing pad. The cover is coupled with the substrate and is adapted to rotate relative to the substrate and the blood absorbing pad for sequentially aligning the window of the cover with each of the blood absorbing sections for exposing, one at a time, each of the blood absorbing sections. After one section of the pad has been used to blot blood, the cover is rotated for exposing a clean, unused section of the pad, while covering the used, blood-soaked section of the pad. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130165839 | Optical Treatment Methods - A treatment system and method includes use of a chemical facilitator to provide a result-effective event against one or more negative therapeutic effects related to exposing to a light output a skin portion including a condition treatable in whole or in part with light. In one exemplary embodiment for skin treatment including tattoo removal, perfluorodecalin is used to inhibit or resolve whitening, for example to speed a laser therapy session. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20160199549 | SUCTION SWAB FOR SURGICAL USE | 07-14-2016 |
| 604002000 | Body treating material fed to absorbent material | 14 |
| 20100114000 | SANITARY TOOL HAVING FUNCTIONAL LIQUID MEDICINE - Disclosed is a sanitary tool having functional liquid comprising an inner barrel having a liquid storage part for storing a predetermined functional liquid therein, an absorbent member mounted to the inner barrel to absorb the functional liquid stored in the liquid storage part, an outer barrel separably connected with the inner barrel, and a cleaning member mounted to the outer barrel to wipe out the functional liquid. Accordingly, the sanitary tool having functional liquid can be more conveniently stored, carried and used. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110160635 | COTTON BALLS, COTTON SWABS AND COTTON SWAB HOLDER - A cotton swab and cotton swab holder, which can be used together in a cotton swab holder assembly. The cotton swab having a shaft and a cotton portion disposed on an end of the shaft. The cotton swab holder having a handle portion; and a cotton swab holding portion connected to the handle portion, the cotton swab holding portion having a mechanism for holding the shaft of the cotton swab. Also provided is a cotton ball including: a cotton body; a wall defining a cavity disposed on an interior of the cotton body; and one of a liquid or gel contained in the cavity. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120046592 | HIFU APPLICATOR - An applicator for providing HIFU therapy to a patient includes a HIFU transducer that is rotatably coupled to a frame. In one embodiment, the rotatable coupling is configured such that the HIFU transducer can be mechanically oriented to position a focal zone of the HIFU transducer at any desired location in a treatment volume radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the applicator while the HIFU transducer remains within a housing that is not more than a defined percentage (e.g., 50%) larger than the maximum diameter of the HIFU transducer. In one embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with a ball and socket joint. In another embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with an offset gimble assembly. A pair of linear actuators and drive shafts engage the HIFU transducer to orient HIFU transducer in a desired direction. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20140358059 | APPARATUS AND KIT FOR PROVIDING PALLIATIVE CARE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatuses and kits for providing palliative care. An exemplary apparatus comprises an elongate hollow shaft having a first and a second end. An absorbent material may be attached to the first end and the first end may be perforated such that the elongate hollow shaft may be filled with one or more liquid solutions that flow through the perforated end and disperse evenly throughout the absorbent material. A kit may additionally be provided for providing customized palliative care. The kit may comprise a means for injecting one or more liquid solutions into the elongate shaft. The kit may additionally comprise apparatuses that are prefilled with one or more liquid solutions. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150094640 | LIQUID APPLICATOR - Liquid applicators are described. The applicators include a lever having a hinge, grip and foot integrally formed with a hollow body suitable for receiving a liquid-filled ampoule. The foot is positioned adjacent the ampoule and crushes the ampoule when the lever is depressed. Applicators including a pad with an undulating surface are also disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150342906 | Anti-sneeze and nose vestibule care - compositions, methods, and devices - Compositions, methods, and devices are herein disclosed for anti-sneeze and nose vestibule care for humans and other animals. An anti-sneeze composition includes an adrenergic agent, an anticholinergic agent, an antihistamine, a plasticizer for nose skin/nose muscle, and a soothing agent. A version of nose vestibule care composition includes alternative functional agents, such as anti-inflammatory agents, anti-oxidants, and antimicrobials, besides adrenergic, anticholinergic, and antihistamine agents. The alternative or additional agents are present in the invented composition for the purposes of wellness care of noses, prevention of diseases or aiding a medical treatment. The methods and devices for delivering the compositions to the nose vestibules for anti-sneeze, for wellness care, preventive care measure against diseases, and for aiding medical treatment of diseases are prescribed. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20170232244 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR WITH SPONGE TO ABSORB SUBSTANCE AND TO PREVENT LEAKAGE THEREOF | 08-17-2017 |
| 604003000 | Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit flow of material | 7 |
| 20090093746 | APPLICATION OR CLEANING STICK, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE TUBULAR BODY DESIGNED TO CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE LIQUID - The invention concerns an application or cleaning stick including at least one tubular body, capable of containing at least one liquid to flow through one first open end. The tubular body is closed at the second end, having a cleavable zone proximate the latter on which it includes an applicator tip. The tip extends well above the cleavable zone on the side of the second end and towards the first, protecting the cleavable zone after it has been ruptured and maintaining securely the second end to the tubular body after rupture. The tip is pre-colored with at least a color different from that of the tip of the first end of the body. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100168637 | Fluid application device and method - The present invention provides a device, a system, and a method for application of fluids. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100168638 | Fluid application device and method - An applicator device for applying a fluid is provided. The applicator device may include a handle. The handle may comprise an elongate hollow body having a proximal end and a distal end and at least one longitudinal, interior rib disposed on an inner surface of an outer wall of the hollow body and configured to orient and guide a container for containing the fluid when the container is disposed within the hollow body. In addition, the applicator device may include a base at the distal end of the hollow body. Further, the applicator device may include an applicator pad coupled to the base. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20120179085 | Device and Process for Creation of Active Antimicrobial Iodine from Inactive Iodine - A device and process that creates active molecular iodine on a swab. The device has two chambers sealed from one-another. One of the chambers contains a swab. Each chamber contains a different reagent such that when the device is broken or crushed to activate it, the contents of both chambers mix on the swab. The reagents are such that, when mixed, they produce molecular iodine on the swab which acts as a topical antiseptic. The reagents can be an iodide in one chamber and an iodate in the second chamber with a buffer. Alternatively one of the chambers can contain dry molecular iodine in contact with the swab. Finally, one of the chambers can contain molecular iodine in a solution of ethanol, while the other can contain a aqueous solution of a buffer to maintain a proper pH. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20150119784 | Cerumen Cleaner (Earwax Cleaning Device) - Most cotton swabs, that currently exist, are not designed for cleaning the external ear canal. The risk of eardrum perforation and/or earwax impaction is too great. This invention is unique in the sense that it is specially designed to clean the external ear canal. It is precisely designed to fit the external ear canal by measuring 2.54 centimeters in length, which is the size of the average adult ear canal. It is also distinctively designed in the sense that is utilizes the antiseptic effects of hydrogen peroxide to dissolve earwax (cerumen), and cleanse the ear of harmful bacteria. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150119785 | EAR WAX CLEANING DEVICE - Some embodiments of the present invention include a device for cleaning earwax from an ear canal, the device having a tube with a distal end and a proximal end, an absorbent tip attached to the distal end of the tube, a bulb attached to the proximal end of the tube, and a volume of hydrogen peroxide positioned within the bulb. The tube may be sealed with a diaphragm preventing the hydrogen peroxide from flowing down the tube into the absorbent tip. The diaphragm may be capable of rupturing upon an external force being applied to the bulb causing the cleaning solution to flow from the bulb through the tube and into the absorbent tip. A length of the tube may be shorter than an average adult's external ear canal. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150320988 | Systems, Methods, and Kits for Cleansing an Ocular Region - Systems, methods, and kits useful for cleansing the eyelids and maintaining eyelid hygiene are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for treating or cleansing an ocular region is disclosed. The system consists essentially of: (A) a tubular container, wherein the container comprises: (i) a first chamber and a second chamber; and (ii) a sealable element situated between the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein at least the second chamber is substantially pre-filled with an ocular composition, and (B) a dispenser, wherein the dispenser is bonded to an external surface of a first end of the container. | 11-12-2015 |
