Patent ID: 7866471

Claim:
A medical system, which comprises: a basin defining a lower base and a peripheral wall depending from the lower base, the basin defining an open end, the base and the peripheral wall defining a reservoir for receiving body fluids, the peripheral wall having first and second recesses therein adjacent the open end, the first and second recesses leading to and communicating with the reservoir; a medical applicator including: an outer housing; a fluid housing having a fluid chamber containing a medical agent to be dispensed relative to a subject; an applicator head mounted to the outer housing for dispensing the medical agent, the applicator head including an internal penetrating member; an absorbent member mounted to the applicator head; an actuator mounted to the fluid housing and extending beyond the outer housing, the actuator being movable from an initial transit condition to an activated condition to cause corresponding relative movement between the fluid housing and the penetrating head whereby the penetrating head penetrates the fluid housing and causes release of the medical agent through the applicator head and to the absorbent member: and the medical applicator mounted to the basin with the actuator at least partially accommodated within the first recess of the peripheral wall and the applicator head at least partially accommodated within the second recess of the peripheral wall, the medical applicator being releasable from the basin for use in a surgical procedure.