Patent ID: 6488665
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A01N,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
An antimicrobial gel skin preparation delivery device comprising:a flexible container having a top opening and including an antimicrobial gel skin preparation composition disposed in the flexible container and a rupturable seal sealing the top opening; a container connector including a first end releasably connected to the flexible container about the top opening and an elongated hollow tube having an internal passageway extending from the first end to an opposed second end with an opening; an applicator member including an elongate hollow shaft with a longitudinal bore having a central longitudinal axis, the shaft having a first end with a seal piercing point and at least one opening communicating with the bore and having a second end with a head flange projecting perpendicularly outwardly from the shaft defining an applicator head surface with a central opening communicating with the bore, the applicator head surface being disposed at an angled orientation with respect to the central longitudinal axis; a sponge applicator having a plurality of gel release holes secured to the applicator head surface so that the gel release holes are disposed adjacent the central opening; the applicator being engaged with the container connector so that the shaft is telescopically received within the internal passageway; and the container connector and applicator member including cooperatively engageable structural features permitting the applicator member to be moved from an engaged closed position wherein the shaft is received in the internal passageway with the seal piercing point spaced from the rupturable seal and a gel dispensing position wherein the shaft is advanced within the passageway so that the rupturable seal is ruptured by the seal piercing point and antimicrobial gel may flow from the container through the shaft to the sponge applicator, and so that in the gel dispensing position, the applicator member is maintained at a constant rotational position relative to the container connector;and wherein said antimicrobial gel skin preparation composition comprises alcohol from about 60.0% v/v to about 90.0% v/v of the formulation; iodine from about 1.0% w/v to about 15.0% w/v of the formulation; and gel from about 0.1% w/v to about 20.0% w/v of the formulation.