Patent ID: 9572967
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. An applicator assembly comprising: a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior surface; a container having an outer surface, the container being slidably coupled to the body; a valve cap having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the valve cap is coupled to the container via the proximal end of the valve cap; an application member attached to the distal end of the body; and an end cap having an end flange and a female receptacle extending from the end flange, wherein the end flange abuts the interior surface of the body, wherein the entire distal end of the valve cap mates within the female receptacle, wherein an interior of the container is placed in fluid communication with the application member by way of a fluid conduit that is only accessible when one of the body and the container are axially translated along the longitudinal axis in the opposite direction away from each other.