Eye wash station

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2006-03-14

2006-03-14

Zalukaeva, Tatyana (Department: 3761)

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material applied to or removed from external...

C604S302000, C004S620000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07011652

ABSTRACT:
An eye wash station for administering an eye wash fluid to an eye which has been exposed to a noxious gas, or solid or liquid which can irritate or injure said eye. In a first aspect of the invention, a flexible bag, filled with an eye wash fluid is suspended from a hook or a stand. The flexible bag is operatively connected with a flexible tube to an applicator which is fed by gravity from the bag. The applicator includes a retractor for opening and holding open the eyelids of the eye which is being treated and a valve for controlling the amount of eye wash fluid which is applied to the eye. In second and third aspects of the invention, the applicator is connected with a pressurized water supply. One benefit if the invention is that it is disposable. Another benefit of the first and second aspects is that they are portable.

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