US 12,433,659 B2
Skin lesion treatment device
Nohora Cardenas, New Milford, NJ (US)
Assigned to Scapa Tapes North America LLC, Windsor, CT (US)
Filed by Scapa Tapes North America LLC, Windsor, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/084,739.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/928,130, filed on Oct. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128218 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/02 (2013.01) [A61M 35/006 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00065 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00571 (2013.01); A61B 2560/04 (2013.01); A61M 2202/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating a skin lesion, wherein the device comprises:
a container for holding a skin lesion treatment agent;
an applicator tube including a channel extending therethrough; and
an applicator tip;
wherein the applicator tube is attached to the container and the applicator tip in a manner to allow passage of the skin lesion treatment agent from the container to the applicator tip through the channel;
wherein the applicator tip comprises a porous material that absorbs the skin lesion treatment agent, the porous material having a pore volume ranging from about 50% to about 90%;
wherein a width of the channel of the applicator tube is less than a width of the applicator tip;
wherein an exposed surface of the applicator tip distal to the applicator tube comprises a continuous inwardly shaped face to form a concave indent for contacting the skin lesion; and
wherein a length of the porous material between the applicator tube and the concave indent is less than a length of the porous material between the applicator tube and a distalmost end of the applicator tip.