Fibrin mixture and dispenser assembly

• Main Authors: MARK S. ROBY, H. JONATHAN TOVEY, ERNIE ARANYI, RICHARD YOGAMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.07.1999
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

An assembly for mixing a first component of a biological adhesive with a first liquid to form a first solution, mixing a second component of the biological adhesive with a second liquid to form a second solution, and for dispensing the first and second solutions, the assembly comprising: a first housing configured to receive a first reservoir configured to contain the first component: a second housing configured to receive a second reservoir configured to contain the second component; and a third housing having an activator assembly operatively associated with a third reservoir configured to contain the first liquid for transporting the first liquid to the first reservoir via at least one conduit in fluid communication with said first reservoir and said third reservoir for mixing wit the first component to form the first solution, said first liquid mixes with the first component in said first reservoir to form the first solution, said first solution is transported from said first reservoir to said third reservoir via said at least one conduit, said activator assembly further operatively associated with a fourth reservoir configured to contain the second liquid for transporting the second liquid to the second reservoir via at least one conduit in fluid communication with said second reservoir and said fourth reservoir for mixing with the second component to form the second solution, said second liquid mixes with the second component in said second reservoir to form the second solution, said second solution is transported from said second reservoir to said fourth reservoir via said at least one conduit in fluid communication with said second reservoir and said fourth reservoir, said activator assembly further operatively associated with said third and fourth reservoirs for transporting said first and second solutions from said third and fourth reservoirs, respectively, through a first and a second path, respectively, leading to a first and a second opening, respectively, for dispensing said first and second solutions.