US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on April 29 for "Topical substance application device including applicator" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,582, issued on April 29, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Topical substance application device including applicator" was invented by Jeremy A. Tidwell (Lehi, Utah) and Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application device for dispensing a fluid, including a liquid, gel, topical fluid, or other flowable substance, stored within a volume of the application device package is disclosed. The application device is manually deformable so as to permit breakage and establish an opening to the volume storing the topical fluid. In one embodiment, the application device comprises a sealed packa...