US 11,717,598 B2
Operating room coating applicator and method
Frank Richard Cichocki, Easton, PA (US); and Duan Li Ou, Warren, NJ (US)
Assigned to Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed by Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/697,225.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,102, filed on Nov. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0171209 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
Int. Cl. B05B 7/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 2/03 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); B05B 15/00 (2018.01); A61L 17/14 (2006.01); C09D 7/20 (2018.01); C09D 7/62 (2018.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); C09D 5/14 (2006.01); C09D 183/04 (2006.01); C10M 107/50 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05D 3/04 (2006.01); C10N 40/00 (2006.01); C10N 30/16 (2006.01); C10N 50/08 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 27/54 (2013.01) [A61L 2/03 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2/20 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 17/005 (2013.01); A61L 17/145 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); B05B 7/1606 (2013.01); B05B 7/1686 (2013.01); B05B 12/081 (2013.01); B05B 15/00 (2013.01); B05B 17/0615 (2013.01); B05D 1/02 (2013.01); B05D 3/0493 (2013.01); C09D 5/14 (2013.01); C09D 7/20 (2018.01); C09D 7/62 (2018.01); C09D 183/04 (2013.01); C10M 107/50 (2013.01); A61L 2202/181 (2013.01); A61L 2202/182 (2013.01); A61L 2300/202 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01); A61L 2300/606 (2013.01); A61L 2400/10 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); A61L 2420/04 (2013.01); A61L 2420/06 (2013.01); A61M 11/005 (2013.01); C10M 2229/0445 (2013.01); C10N 2030/16 (2013.01); C10N 2040/50 (2020.05); C10N 2050/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coating apparatus for applying a coating of a therapeutic agent, comprising:
an openable and sealable device compartment;
a therapeutic agent positioned in communication with the device compartment;
a thermal source for vaporizing the therapeutic agent; and
a vacuum source in fluid communication with the device compartment,
wherein the device compartment is connected to a base, the base incorporating the vacuum source,
wherein the device compartment is removably and sealably coupled to the base, with electrical and vacuum connections extending between the base and the device compartment,
wherein the therapeutic agent is entrained in a carrier, and
wherein the therapeutic agent is triclosan and the carrier is a silicone sheet or pad or film, or a sheet or pad or film made of an absorbable polymer.