Patent ID: 7946453

Claim:
A dispenser for a surgical procedure, comprising: (a) a handle; (b) an elongate shaft, the elongate shaft being connected to the handle for positioning the elongate shaft; (c) a dispensing orifice associated with the elongate shaft; (d) a fluid transfer apparatus operably configured to urge a flowable material to the dispensing orifice, wherein the fluid transfer apparatus comprises: (i) a syringe, (ii) a syringe barrel containing a volume of the flowable material, (iii) a syringe plunger received in the syringe barrel to expel the flowable material, (iv) an anti-backup mechanism coupled to the syringe plunger to prevent retraction of the syringe plunger, and (v) an actuator operably coupled to selectively advance the syringe plunger; (e) a substrate overlying the dispensing orifice, the substrate having a dispensing opening, wherein the substrate forms part of a band, the band further comprising an outer band layer, a first inner band layer, and a second inner band layer, wherein the outer band layer is attached to the substrate and is sized to cover the dispensing opening, wherein the first inner band layer comprises a wiping surface, and wherein the second inner band layer comprises a clean sealing surface; and (f) a substrate transport mechanism operably configured to selectively offset the dispensing opening in the substrate from the dispensing orifice and to align the dispensing opening in the substrate with the dispensing orifice.