Patent ID: 6394987
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A61L,B05B

Abstract:
A device for disinfecting a dermal region comprising in combination:a refillable liquid storage and dispensing unit for holding a disinfectant, said liquid storage and dispensing unit having an open first end, a sealed second end and a hollow body disposed therebetween, a pump spray assembly releasably secured to said open first end of said liquid storage and dispensing unit thereby forming an enclosed interior space, and in fluid communication with said liquid storage and dispensing unit for dispensing the disinfectant, wherein said second sealed end comprises a self-sealing membrane secured to said hollow body, an interior face of said membrane in communication with said interior space and an exterior face of said membrane in communication with the atmosphere, a swab storage and dispensing unit having a first end, a second end and a hollow body disposed therebetween wherein said first end of said swab storage and dispensing unit is releasably secured to said second sealed end of said liquid storage and dispensing unit and said second sealed end of said liquid storage and dispensing unit prevents fluid communication of the disinfectant from said liquid storage and dispensing unit to said swab storage and dispensing unit, a spring mechanism located within said hollow body of said swab storage and dispensing unit, said spring mechanism comprising a spring with a first end and a second end, said first end of said spring abutted and affixed to an interior face of said closed first end of said swab storage and dispensing unit, said second end of said spring affixed to a first face of a planar pressure plate having a nominal thickness and two opposite and generally parallel faces.