US 12,144,949 B2
System and method for prepping liquid
Avanti Deepak Dahiwadkar, Bangalore (IN); and Ramkumar Jeyachandran, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/433,113
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/051643
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/174421, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201941007415 (IN), filed on Feb. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040462 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/80 (2016.01)
CPC A61M 35/006 (2013.01) [A61B 90/80 (2016.02); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drip free applicator (A) for dispensing a fluid, the drip free applicator (A) comprising:
a tubular container (C) comprising:
a cavity to store the fluid, and
a connector means (7) at one end; and
an applicator head (B) comprising:
a body (1),
an orifice (2),
a pad (6),
a channel (3) connected to the pad (6) via the orifice (2) at one end,
a piercing element (4) at an end opposite the orifice (2),
a mini channel (11) along the piercing element (4), wherein the mini channel (11) prevents fluid blockage into the channel (3), and
a connecting means (5) disposed around the piercing element (4);
said connector means (7) of said tubular container (C) connected to said connecting means (5) of said applicator head (B) to form a continuous path for the fluid from the tubular container (C) to the pad (6) disposed to receive the fluid from the channel (3).