3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Robert P Zaspel

Matthew T Scholz

Nicholas R Baumann

Claude E Cybulski

Kent E Lageson

Jon A Kirschhoffer

Dennis L Baker

Maurice H Kuypers

Charles E Alexon

Ellen M Anderson-Manz

Kent W Lageson

Systems and methods for applying or dispensing surgical prep solution. The applicator system includes a spreader element and a container of surgical prep solution. The spreader element includes a body with an orifice covered by a pad. The orifice is in fluid communication with a passage through an elongated stem connected to the body. The container may be collapsible with only limited recovery. The spreader element may include a receptacle for receiving the container.

Surgical prep solution applicator system and methods

The present invention describes systems and methods for applying or dispensing surgical prep solution. The applicator system includes a spreader element and a container of surgical prep solution. The spreader element includes a body with an orifice covered by a pad. The orifice is in fluid communication with a passage through an elongated stem connected to the body. The container may be collapsible with only limited recovery. The spreader element may include a receptacle for receiving the container.

Solution dispenser

An apparatus or kit for applying a predictable amount of liquid such as a surgical prepping solution to an applicator having a resilient, porous pad. The apparatus includes a receptacle having an internal space such that when the pad is placed within the space, the pad is compressed to a predetermined degree. The receptacle is attached to a bottle or other container holding surgical prepping solution. In one embodiment, a dip tube extends from an inlet near the bottom of the bottle to an outlet positioned within the internal space of the receptacle. Most preferably, the outlet extends into the internal space of the receptacle. Pressurizing the bottle dispenses liquid through the dip tube onto the applicator. A method of use of the kit or apparatus is also disclosed.

Surgical prep solution dispenser and method

A battery including a vent tower extending inwardly into the battery cell and terminating at a free end. A passageway is provided through the vent tower to allow the venting of gas. The vent tower includes a porous, hydrophobic filter in the passageway adjacent the free end of the vent tower, and a pressure-relief valve in the passage. The free end of the vent tower is spaced sufficiently from any wall of the battery casing that any void defined by a horizontal plane along the free end of the vent tower and the walls of the casing below the horizontal plane is greater than the volume of free electrolyte regardless of the orientation of the battery.

Battery

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Robert P Zaspel