Patent ID: 6978945
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: A61D,A61M

Abstract:
1. A hand-held dispensing device for dispensing and applying a substance to the skin of a host, said device including a hollow body, a capsule mounted within said hollow body and including said substance therein, a nozzle having an outlet passage mounted within said hollow body in communication with said capsule, actuator means operable to cause a metered quantity of said substance to be dispensed from said capsule through said outlet passage of said nozzle, a shroud defining an exit space from said hollow body for receiving said substance emerging from said outlet passage, and closure means including a cap detachably mountable on said shroud to thereby selectively open or close said nozzle and thereby control escape of said substance from said capsule, said outlet passage including an exit end, and said closure means including a closure member that is operative to close said outlet passage by engaging against the surface surrounding said exit end of said outlet passage.