Patent ID: 6280399
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A device for delivering a substance to an internal portion of a body which has been acted on by a removable procedure performing instrument, said device comprising:an application tube having a proximal end, a distal end and an internal lumen for receiving said substance and at least a portion of said instrument, said internal lumen distally terminating at a single opening located at the distal tip of said application tube;a housing assembly disposed on the proximal end of said application tube and having a lumen extending from a proximal end of said housing assembly to a distal end of said housing assembly, said housing lumen being in communication with the internal lumen of said application tube so as to define a flow passage and through which said procedure performing instrument is slidingly moveable; anda flow control member disposed in said flow passage and having a portion that has a first position that opens said flow passage and a second position that closes said flow passage.