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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Okapi Medical, Llc, Akron, OH (US);
Jack Goodman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Kay, Akron, OH (US);
Ananth Murthy, Akron, OH (US);
Darren Obrigkeit, Aachen, DE;
Gary Pennington, New Franklin, OH (US);
Yizhou Zhao, Brighton, MA (US);
Joseph Spalding, Elyria, OH (US);
Jonathan Morgan, Westlake, OH (US);
Michael Tracz, Brecksville, OH (US);
Paul Wyman, Maastricht, NL;
OKAPI MEDICAL, LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An applicator is provided for a flowable media, particularly an adhesive contained in a container and the applicator includes an elongate body member having an internal cavity that holds the container. The cavity has a distal end with a breaking means that is actuated by an axial force. Various embodiments of the actuator are shown to apply the force, including a wire cracker and a molded integral handle member with a lever linkage that bears against a ram which holds the ampoule and having a spring arm that rides within the cavity to oppose a pivoting force on the handle. These embodiments also enable single handed use.