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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:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terri L. Tessmann, Racine, WI (US);
Charles J. Patrick, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Bioform, Inc., Franksville, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ;
Abstract
A storage and delivery device for a highly viscous material comprising a delivery cap for connecting a catheter or needle to a cartridge, an interconnect insert and a compression sleeve disposed within the delivery cap for creating a leak proof seal between the cartridge and the delivery cap, and a slide lock to reliably lock the cartridge to the delivery cap. The slide lock includes two holes of a first and second diameter arranged in a figure-eight shape for positively securing the delivery cap to a cartridge.