US 12,262,906 B2
Acute delivery of a drug or fluid to an ocular surface
James H. Lee, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to JLSP LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/606,599
Filed by JLSP LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030735
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/223491, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,415, filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296224 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61F 13/38 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/30 (2013.01) [A61F 9/0008 (2013.01); A61M 35/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator assembly comprising:
a hollow casing including a first end having a first opening defined therein and a second end having a second opening defined therein;
a shielding rod positioned within the hollow casing, configured to slide relative to the hollow casing, and including:
a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side;
a distal end, a proximal end opposite the distal end, and a main body positioned between the distal end and the proximal end;
a shield removably coupled to the main body at the distal end of the shielding rod, the shield including a top portion; and
an absorbent material including a top surface and a bottom surface;
wherein the absorbent material is coupled to the shield and positioned below the top portion of the shield with the top surface facing the top portion of the shield.