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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2006
John W. Sheets, Jr., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Donna L. Korvick, Maineville, OH (US);
Georgette A. Belair, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
Wells D. Haberstich, Loveland, OH (US);
Ronald J. Kolata, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Margaret M. D'aversa, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Michael T. Mather, Mason, OH (US);
John W. Sheets, Jr., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Donna L. Korvick, Maineville, OH (US);
Georgette A. Belair, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
Wells D. Haberstich, Loveland, OH (US);
Ronald J. Kolata, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Margaret M. D'Aversa, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Michael T. Mather, Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A multiple use adhesive dispenser facilitates precise, extended dispensing for a surgical procedure by sequentially positioning an ampoule containing a flowable material, such as a polymerizable monomer compound such as a cyanoacrylate adhesive. In one version particularly suited to an open surgical procedure, the ampoules are affixed to a tape substrate that is unreeled from an internal storage reel and transported proximate to an ampoule gripping mechanism with an underlying tape substrate peeled away and internally stored as each ampoule is positioned for dispensing. Actuating an ampoule advancement handle positions the next ampoule and squeezing a movable handle toward a fixed handle effects dispensing. Another version has an elongate shaft that internally augers each ampoule in succession into a pair of spaced jaws that are pinched together by actuating rods to dispense adhesive.