Patent ID: 6436069
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A61D,A61M

Abstract:
A substance delivery device for delivering a substance into a body cavity of an animal into which the device is inserted, said device comprising:an elongated body; a retention apparatus comprising a one piece molded base plate member of a resilient material transverse to said elongated body including a plurality of flexible elongated arms molded and spaced around said base plate member and which lie outside and along the length of said body for the delivery device to be inserted into and withdrawn from the animal body cavity; and an extending mechanism operable with said elongated body in the animal body cavity operating to extend all of said arms at the same time and hold all of said arms of said base plate member generally radially of the longitudinal axis of said body, each of said arms being generally linear in an undeformed state and also being substantially flexible along its length to be capable of being bent in any direction for contacting and conforming to changes in shape of the internal surface(s) of the animal body cavity, said extending mechanism further comprising a locking means to place and hold said plurality of arms in the position extending generally radially of said body longitudinal axis for said arms to be engaged and deformed by the surfaces forming the animal body cavity.