EP0416694B1 - Liquid drop dispensing tip - Google Patents

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EP0416694B1
EP0416694B1 EP90202323A EP90202323A EP0416694B1 EP 0416694 B1 EP0416694 B1 EP 0416694B1 EP 90202323 A EP90202323 A EP 90202323A EP 90202323 A EP90202323 A EP 90202323A EP 0416694 B1 EP0416694 B1 EP 0416694B1
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orifice
liquid drop
dispensing tip
delivery
drop dispensing
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Leonid Bunin
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Merck and Co Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/18—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages for discharging drops; Droppers

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  • This invention is concerned with a novel design of a dropper tip useful on conventional medicine droppers used primarily for dispensing ophthalmic medications.
  • the conventional ophthalmic drug delivery system consisting of a dropper tip, 1, and squeeze bottle, 2, is intended to deliver the medication in a drop by drop manner, the drops being of a uniform predetermined size.
  • the drop size control is achieved by means of the hydraulic resistence presented by a small diameter channel, 3, forming the beginning of the straight delivery channel, 4, in the dropper tip, 1, having a diameter of about 0.006 inches or 0.150 mm. which restricts the flow from the squeeze bottle, 2.
  • This conventional drug delivery system generally serves the intended purpose but in the hands of many patients does not always result in discrete drops but rather streaming of the liquid resulting in loss of medication, and possibly soiled clothes and other fabrics.
  • a dropper tip providing better delivery control, that requires a lower level of technology to fabricate, thus lowering the cost per unit device, and permitting fabrication practically anywhere in the world.
  • the restriction to flow or hydraulic resistance is provided, not by a narrow channel that is difficult to fabricate, but in part by a convoluted delivery path causing the liquid flow to change direction as it enters the delivery channel which impedes the conversion of the internal static energy provided by squeezing of the bottle into the kinetic energy of the liquid flow.
  • the cross-section of the orifice can be of any shape such as circular, triangular, semicircular, irregular or rectangular, preferably the latter, in which case the hydraulic resistance to fluid delivery is determined in part by the dimensions of the rectangle a long and narrow rectangular orifice providing greater hydraulic resistance than a square orifice of the same cross-section area.
  • the orifice has a cross-sectional area of about 0.015 to 0.02 mm2.
  • the size and shape of the orifice, 7, can be controlled by simplified molding techniques within desired specifications.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
EP90202323A 1989-09-08 1990-09-01 Liquid drop dispensing tip Expired - Lifetime EP0416694B1 (en)

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US40454089A 1989-09-08 1989-09-08
US404540 1989-09-08

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EP0416694A1 EP0416694A1 (en) 1991-03-13
EP0416694B1 true EP0416694B1 (en) 1994-07-13

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JP (1) JPH069599B2 (ja)
CA (1) CA2024673A1 (ja)
DE (1) DE69010597T2 (ja)

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WO2009079753A1 (en) * 2007-12-21 2009-07-02 Pharmascience Inc. Pharmaceutical delivery device

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JPH0720997U (ja) * 1993-09-21 1995-04-18 山崎産業株式会社 洋式便器用手すり装置
US6098852A (en) * 1999-01-27 2000-08-08 Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc. Tip for liquid drop dispensing container
JP3922910B2 (ja) * 2001-10-31 2007-05-30 参天製薬株式会社 段差部を備えた点眼容器
EP1448452B1 (en) * 2001-11-30 2005-08-10 CROWN Packaging Technology, Inc. A closure
WO2019027025A1 (ja) 2017-08-04 2019-02-07 クラレノリタケデンタル株式会社 液体注出用の部材並びに容器
JP7066134B2 (ja) * 2017-08-04 2022-05-13 クラレノリタケデンタル株式会社 液体注出用の部材並びに容器

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EP0222944A1 (en) * 1985-11-07 1987-05-27 Delford O. Dougherty Drop dispenser
EP0312725A2 (de) * 1987-10-23 1989-04-26 Bernd Dipl.-Ing. Hansen Tropferflasche und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung
EP0378935A1 (fr) * 1988-12-20 1990-07-25 Societe Technique De Pulverisation (S.T.E.P.) Dispositif pour distribuer un liquide ou un lait par goutte de petit volume et ensemble de distribution associée

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US2834520A (en) * 1956-06-15 1958-05-13 Nyden Robert Spouts for containers
GB874952A (en) * 1960-05-30 1961-08-16 Anchor Glass Company Ltd A dropper device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0222944A1 (en) * 1985-11-07 1987-05-27 Delford O. Dougherty Drop dispenser
EP0312725A2 (de) * 1987-10-23 1989-04-26 Bernd Dipl.-Ing. Hansen Tropferflasche und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung
EP0378935A1 (fr) * 1988-12-20 1990-07-25 Societe Technique De Pulverisation (S.T.E.P.) Dispositif pour distribuer un liquide ou un lait par goutte de petit volume et ensemble de distribution associée

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2009079753A1 (en) * 2007-12-21 2009-07-02 Pharmascience Inc. Pharmaceutical delivery device

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JPH03111052A (ja) 1991-05-10
DE69010597T2 (de) 1995-01-26
EP0416694A1 (en) 1991-03-13
JPH069599B2 (ja) 1994-02-09
DE69010597D1 (de) 1994-08-18
CA2024673A1 (en) 1991-03-09

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