Patent ID: 6368442
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making an applicator for delivering materials into a body cavity, the method comprising the steps of:a) providing an elongate insertion member having a length extending from an insertion end to a gripper end, the gripper end comprising a first region proximal a gripper end edge, a second region adjacent the first region and distal the gripper end edge, and a third region adjacent the second region, each region of the gripper end having an initial outside perimeter defined by a plane perpendicular to the length of the insertion member; b) removing a plurality of discrete sections from the gripper end second region while maintaining non-removed sections extending from the first region to the third region residing therebetween; and c) reducing the outside perimeter of the second region to a final outside perimeter, while substantially maintaining the perimeters of the first and third regions, to form an indentation defined by a shoulder intermediate the second region and each of the first and third regions.