Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Ozone or ion generation
Patent
1980-08-07
1982-05-18
Rosenbaum, C. Fred
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Ozone or ion generation
128243, 128269, 401196, A61M 300
Patent
active
043299903
ABSTRACT:
A swab applicator is disclosed for use as a vaginal cleansing instrument, or the like. The applicator includes an elongated, generally hollow tubular nozzle, with a compressed swab body of soft, porous and absorbent material generally at the distal end of the nozzle and in fluid communication therewith. The swab body is highly expandable when wetted, and retaining means in the form of a plurality of spaced ribs form a cage surrounding the swab body to hold the body in position on the distal end of the nozzle and permit the swab body to expand through slots between the ribs when the swab body is wetted. The swab body has fluid passages therethrough to enhance its wetting by liquid dispensed through the nozzle. The nozzle has teeth on the interior thereof for cutting troughs, during assembly, into the exterior of the swab body beneath the spaced ribs and along which liquid can travel to further enhance wetting of the swab body by liquid dispensed through the nozzle. Further fluid passages are formed through the teeth to lubricate the exterior of the applicator and the interior of the vaginal cavity.
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Roberts Ralph R.
Rosenbaum C. Fred
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