Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material applied to or removed from external...
Patent
1992-09-03
1994-06-14
Green, Randall L.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material applied to or removed from external...
604294, 604300, A61M 3500
Patent
active
053206150
ABSTRACT:
A portable eyeflushing device is disclosed having bladders which store an eyeflushing fluid. The bladders are attached to a mask that may be easily placed on a user so as to cover or enclose the user's eyes. A strap on the mask attaches the device to the user's head such that it is retained in position without the necessity of holding it in position. The bladders have tear strips on a portion extending internally of the mask which are connected to pull cords extending to the exterior of the mask and which may be manually grasped and pulled to tear the strips away from the bladder. This opens the bladders and allows the eyeflushing fluid to be dispensed from the bladders into the interior of the mask and into the user's eye. A nose piece on the interior of the mask prevents eyeflushing fluid on one side of the mask from passing to the other side of the mask and thereby prevents contamination of the user's other eye. A pair of digit covers extend outwardly from the sides of the mask. The digit covers are formed of a flexible material and may be everted into the interior of the mask to enable either the user, or an assistant to insert the thumb and forefinger into the interior of the mask and hold the eyelid open during the flushing process. The invention also has a containment bag which is attached to the mask and, prior to use, partially covers the bladders to act as a protection for the bladders. After the eyeflushing device has been used, the containment bag may be everted over the mask and closed to prevent escape of the contaminated eyeflushing fluid.
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Burke Elizabeth M.
Green Randall L.
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
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