APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR APPLYING A MULTI-COMPONENT FLUID

• US 20090076459A1
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Goldberg, Edit
• Granted Patent: US 8,403,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/191
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00491 Surgical glue applicators surgical adhesives A61L24/00; two-component delivery syringes A61M5/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00495 for two-component glue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00526 Methods of manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/19 having more than one chamber , e.g. including a manifold coupling two parallelly aligned syringes through separate channels to a common discharge assembly surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491

Abstract

Disclosed is an applicator device (10) for applying a multi-component fluid, especially a multi-component tissue glue, comprising a plurality of substantially cylindrical supply containers (12) for respectively one component of the fluid to be applied, each supply container (12) having a front end (16) with an outlet opening (18), a rear end (22) opposite to the front end (16), and a slidably displaceable piston (24) arranged within the supply container (12) and having a piston rod (26) extending out of the rear end (22) for operating the piston (24). Moreover, the applicator device includes a manifold (72) having terminal ends (50,58) with a first port for fluid connection with the front ends (16) of the supply containers (12), the manifold (72) further having internal channels (62) extending from the first ports of the terminal ends (50,58) to an outlet site. Finally, also a holding element (38) for holding the supply containers (12), and a coupling element (74) extending from the holding element (38) and having a connection end (76) connected to the manifold (72) are provided, wherein the connection end (76) of the coupling element (74) is bonded to the manifold (72).

Claims

1. An applicator device for applying a multi-component fluid, especially a multi-component tissue glue, comprising

a plurality of substantially cylindrical supply containers (12) for respectively one component of the fluid to be applied, each of said supply containers (12) having a front end (16) with an outlet opening (18), a rear end (22) opposite to the front end (16), and a slidably displace-able piston (24) arranged within said supply container (12) and having a piston rod (26) extending out of said rear end (22) for operating the piston (24),

a manifold (72) having terminal ends (50,58) with a first port for fluid connection with the front ends (16) of said supply containers (12), said manifold (72) further having internal channels (62) extending from said first ports of said terminal ends (50,58) to an outlet site,

a holding element (38) for holding said supply containers (12), and

a coupling element (74) extending from said holding element (38) and having a connection end (76) connected to said manifold (72),

wherein said connection end (76) of said coupling element (74) is bonded to said manifold (72).

2. The applicator according to claim 1, wherein said manifold (72) comprises a housing (73) having its terminal ends (50,58) extending therefrom and wherein said connection end (76) of said coupling element (74) is arranged between and bonded to at least two adjacent terminal ends (50,58) of said manifold (72).

3. The applicator according to claim 1, wherein each terminal end (50,58) of said manifold (72) is provided with a second port capable of selectively being in fluid communication with the channel extending from the first port of said terminal end (50,58), and a fluid communication control element (49) selectively operable in a first flow control position for providing a fluid connection between said first port and said second port and in a second fluid control position for providing a fluid communication between the second port and said outlet site (71) of said manifold.

4. The applicator device according to claim 1, wherein said manifold (72) comprises a further terminal end (69) and a further internal channel (66) extending from said further terminal end (69) to said outlet site (71) for supplying a gaseous substance from said further terminal end (69) to the outlet site (71).

5. The applicator device according to claim 2, wherein said connection end (76) of said coupling element (74) is glued to said manifold (72).

6. The applicator device according to claim 2, wherein said connection end (76) of said coupling element (74) is welded to said manifold (72).

7. The applicator device according to claim 1, wherein said coupling element (74) is integrally formed with said holding element (38).

8. The applicator device according to claim 1, wherein said outlet site (71) is provided at one end of a single of multi-lumina catheter (70) extending from said manifold (72).