Patent ID: 11857747
Assignee: JAMES ALEXANDER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 34:
35. A dispenser actuator assembly for actuating a dispenser in the form of a glass ampoule assembly having a rupturable glass ampoule containing a flowable material, the glass ampoule contained within an outer container, the outer container having a first open end and a second closed end, the glass ampoule assembly having an applicator positioned in the first open end, the dispenser actuator assembly comprising:
a base member having an opening configured to mount on the outer container;
an actuator assembly having a flex plate operably connected to the base member, the actuator assembly further having a first actuator arm and a second actuator arm each connected to opposite ends of the flex plate, the first actuator arm and the second actuator arm extending from the flex plate in generally opposed relation to define a first position, the first actuator arm having a first protrusion depending therefrom and the second actuator arm having a second protrusion depending therefrom,
wherein the first actuator arm and the second actuator arm are pivotable from the first position towards one another to a second position wherein the flex plate flexes wherein the first protrusion is configured to engage the outer container and the second protrusion is configured to engage the outer container to crush the glass ampoule wherein the flowable material is configured to be dispensed from the glass ampoule assembly, wherein the flex plate has a first end connected to a proximal end of the first actuator arm and the flex plate has a second end connected to a proximal end of the second actuator arm, the flex plate having a first flexion segment positioned adjacent the first end of the flex plate, the flex plate further having a second flexion segment positioned adjacent the second end of the flex plate, wherein when the first actuator arm and the second actuator arm are pivoted to the second position, the flex plate flexes at the first flexion segment and the second flexion segment, wherein the connection of the first end of the flex plate to the proximal end of the first actuator arm defines a first connection line and the connection of the second end of the flex plate to the proximal end of the second actuator arm defines a second connection line, wherein when the first actuator arm and the second actuator arm are in the second position and the first flexion segment and the second flexion segment flex, the first actuator arm does not pivot about the first connection line and the second actuator arm does not pivot about the second connection line.