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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert D Williams, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128652 ; 422 28 ; 422292 ; 422300 ;
Abstract
A disinfecting system (10) for an applanating surface (12) of an applanation tonometer (16) includes an absorbent, deformable wick (18), a vial (40), and a holder (20). In use, the wick (18) is saturated with a disinfecting solution, then the applanating surface (12) of the tonometer (16) is brought into contact with the saturated wick (18) for approximately 10 to 15 minutes.