Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
  • B65D35/24—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor with auxiliary devices
  • B65D35/28—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor with auxiliary devices for expelling contents
• • 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
  • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
  • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
• • 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
  • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
  • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
  • A61J1/05—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for collecting, storing or administering blood, plasma or medical fluids ; Infusion or perfusion containers
  • A61J1/06—Ampoules or carpules
  • A61J1/067—Flexible ampoules, the contents of which are expelled by squeezing
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M2210/00—Anatomical parts of the body
  • A61M2210/10—Trunk
  • A61M2210/1078—Urinary tract
  • A61M2210/1085—Bladder
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M2210/00—Anatomical parts of the body
  • A61M2210/10—Trunk
  • A61M2210/1078—Urinary tract
  • A61M2210/1089—Urethra
  • A61M2210/1096—Male
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
  • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
  • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
  • A61M25/0111—Aseptic insertion devices
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
  • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
  • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
  • A61M25/013—One-way gripping collars
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
  • A61M5/178—Syringes
  • A61M5/28—Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle
  • A61M5/281—Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle using emptying means to expel or eject media, e.g. pistons, deformation of the ampoule, or telescoping of the ampoule
  • A61M5/282—Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle using emptying means to expel or eject media, e.g. pistons, deformation of the ampoule, or telescoping of the ampoule by compression of deformable ampoule or carpule wall

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a container for storing viscous substances and is easily transportable.
• the viscous substances contained within the container can be extracted easily and completely without using any tools and without contact with the user.
• Containers that enclose viscous substances to be stored and transported are often inconvenient to use and most requires an applicator or other tools to extract the viscous substance.
• One conventional design utilizes a soft container that can be squeezed to extract the content through an opening that is generally sealed with a screwed-on cap. This design requires that the user first unscrew the cap to expose the opening and then apply pressure to the body of the container to force the content out through the opening. This design does not allow complete extraction of the content of the container due to the fact that as pressure is applied to the body of the container, the content would spread out and some would always remain in the container even if the container is almost empty.
• Another design uses a pump mechanism to physically pump the viscous substance through an opening that operates in conjunction with the pump mechanism such that as the pump mechanism is operated, the opening would open to allow the content to be extracted.
• This design is expensive to manufacture, and requires many small parts to be assembled.
• the present invention is a container that stores viscous substances in a sealed environment and is easily transportable.
• the contents of the container can be easily extracted completely without any tools or contact with the user.
• the present invention is an elongated container with one or more opening near its ends and with one or more piston with approximately the same profile and dimension as the cross sectional profile of the interior of the elongated housing enclosed in the container that will slide along the length of the elongated housing when urged and extract the contents of the container completely.
• Figure 1 shows the preferred embodiment of the container with two openings, one near each end of the elongated housing, and two pistons enclosing a viscous substance.
• Figure 2 shows another embodiment of the container with two openings that are sealed with covers, one near each end of the elongated housing, and two pistons enclosing a viscous substance.
• Figure 3 shows another embodiment of the container with one opening near one end of the elongated housing and a piston enclosing a viscous substance against the unopened end of the elongated housing with a scoring near the unopened end.
• Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the container with one opening that is covered near one end of the elongated housing and a piston enclosing a viscous substance against the unopened end of the elongated housing with a scoring near the unopened end.
• Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the container with two openings, one near each end of the elongated housing, and two pistons located at the same location as the openings and sealing the openings, enclosing a viscous substance.
• Figure 6 shows the position of the pistons after they are urged away from the openings to extract the contents of the elongated housing.
• Figure 7 shows another embodiment of the container with two openings, one near . each end of the elongated housing, and two pistons retained in a retained position by restrictor and enclosing a viscous substance.
• Figure 8 shows the position of the pistons after they are urged away from their retained position to extract the contents of the elongated housing.
• Figure 9 shows another embodiment of the container with two openings that are covered, one near each end of the elongated housing, and two pistons retained in a retained position by restrictor and enclosing a viscous substance.
• Figure 10 shows the position of the pistons after they are urged away from their retained position to extract the contents of the elongated housing.
• Figure 1 shows the preferred embodiment of the container.
• the container has an elongated housing 1 with two ends. An opening 3 is located near each of the two ends.
• Two pistons 2 are enclosed within the elongated housing 1 with approximately the same profile and dimension as the interior profile and dimension of the elongated housing 1 and located between the two openings 3.
• the two pistons 2 enclose and seal a viscous substance 4 between them within the elongated housing 1.
• the viscous substance 4 is sealed within the elongated housing 1 until the pistons 2 are urged either by air pressure or physical force to move from their initial position.
• the user may simply cover one of the opening 3 with their finger and apply pressure to the air chamber in the elongated housing 1 under the opening 3 at one end to generate an air pressure that will urge the pistons 2 to slide toward the other opening 3 at the opposite end of the elongated housing 1. Since fluids are incompressible, the viscous substance 4 will slide along the elongated housing 1 at the same rate and distance as the pistons 2. Once the piston 2 at the opposite end of the elongated housing 1 slides pass the opening 3 at the opposite end of the elongated housing 1, the viscous substance 4 will exit though the opening 3 at the opposite end of the elongated housing 1 for application.
• the piston 2 will also scrape the interior surfaces of the elongated housing 1 to completely extract all viscous substances 4 as it slides along the elongated housing 1.
• the user may also simply apply physical force by squeezing one end of the elongated housing 1 and physically push the piston 2 to slide toward the other end of the elongated housing 1 to achieve the same result.
• Figure 2 shows another embodiment of the container of figure 1 wherein each of the two openings 3 of the preferred embodiment is covered with a cover 5.
• the cover 5 will further seal the air chambers under the openings 3 to prevent contaminants from entering into the elongated housing 1 and results in a completely sealed elongated housing 1.
• Figure 3 shows another embodiment of the container.
• the container has an elongated housing 1 with two ends.
• An opening 3 is located near one end of the elongated housing 1.
• a piston 2 is enclosed within the elongated housing 1 with approximately the same profile and dimension as the interior profile and dimension of the elongated housing 1 and located near the same end as the opening 3.
• the piston 2 enclose and seal a viscous substance 4 between the piston 2 and the other end of the elongated housing 1 without any openings but with a scoring 6 such that the elongated housing 1 can be broken open at the scoring 6 when bent.
• the viscous substance 4 is sealed within the elongated housing 1 until the elongated housing 1 is broken open at the scoring 6 and the piston 2 is urged either by air pressure or physical force to move from its initial position to force the viscous substance 4 out of the elongated housing 1.
• FIG. 3 Another variation of the embodiment shown in figure 3 utilize a pressure sensitive opening instead of a scoring 6 such that when the piston 2 is urged either by air pressure or physical force to move from its initial position to force the viscous substance 4 against the other end of the elongated housing 1 that is sealed with the pressure sensitive opening, the pressure sensitive opening will open due to the resulting pressure and allow extraction of the viscous substance 4 from the container.
• the pressure sensitive opening may be created by sealing the end of the elongated housing 1 with just sufficient force to prevent the viscous substance 4 from leaking from the elongated housing 1 but will break the seal if a predetermined amount of pressure is applied to the pressure sensitive seal.
• Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the container of figure 3 wherein the opening 3 is covered with a cover 5.
• the cover 5 will further seal the air chamber under the opening 3 to prevent contaminants from entering into the elongated housing 1 and results in a completely sealed elongated housing 1.
• Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the container.
• the container has an elongated housing 1 with two ends. An opening 3 is located near each of the two ends.
• Two pistons 2 are enclosed within the elongated housing 1 with approximately the same profile and dimension as the interior profile and dimension of the elongated housing 1 with one piston 3 located under each of the opening 3 thereby sealing the openings 3.
• the two pistons 2 enclose and seal a viscous substance 4 between them within the elongated housing 1.
• the viscous substance 4 is sealed within the elongated housing 1 until the pistons 2 are urged either by air pressure or physical force to move from their initial position as shown in figure 6.
• the resulting pressure will urge the pistons 3 to slide away from their initial position toward the other end of the elongated housing 1. Since fluids are incompressible, the viscous substance 4 will slide along the elongated housing 1 at the same rate and distance as the pistons 2. Once the piston 2 at the. opposite end of the elongated housing 1 slides away from the opening 3 at the opposite end, the viscous substance 4 will exit though the opening 3 at the opposite end of the elongated housing 1 for application. The piston 2 will also scrape the interior surfaces of the elongated housing 1 to completely extract all viscous substances 4 as it slides along the elongated housing 1.
• Figure 7 shows another embodiment of the container.
• the container has an elongated housing 1 with two ends. An opening 3 is located near each of the two ends.
• Two pistons 2 are enclosed within the elongated housing 1 with a smaller dimension than the interior dimension of the elongated housing 1 and retained at their predetermined locations by a restrictor 7 and located between the two openings 3.
• the two pistons 2 enclose and seal a viscous substance 4 between them within the elongated housing 1.
• the viscous substance 4 is sealed within the elongated housing 1 until the pistons 2 are urged either by air pressure or physical force to move from their predetermined position at the restrictor 7. Once the pistons 2 separate from the restrictor 7 they will allow free movement of the viscous substance 4 within the elongated housing 1.
• FIG 9 shows another embodiment of the container of figure 7 wherein each of the two openings 3 is covered with a cover 5.
• the cover 5 will further seal the air chambers under the openings 3 to prevent contaminants from entering into the elongated housing 1 and results in a completely sealed elongated housing 1.
• the resulting sealed air chamber may be pressurized to a positive pressure or a negative pressure such that when one cover 5 is removed, the air pressure, whether positive or negative, in the remaining sealed air chamber will urge the pistons 2 to slide away from their initial position at the restrictors 7 and allow free movement of the viscous substance 4 within the elongated housing 1 and exit thought the opening 3 as shown in figure 10.

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