Device and liquid compositions for securing catheters having a rigid tapered tip

摘要

An applicator for storing, sterilizing, and dispensing adhesives. The applicator includes a rigid tapered tip, a body, and a container holding a polymerizable cyanoacrylate monomer adhesive. The applicator is sterilized by radiation and, following sterilization, the adhesive remains substantially unpolymerized for about twenty-four months.