US3108590A - Combination aerosol, container and applicator - Google Patents

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US3108590A
US3108590A US196243A US19624362A US3108590A US 3108590 A US3108590 A US 3108590A US 196243 A US196243 A US 196243A US 19624362 A US19624362 A US 19624362A US 3108590 A US3108590 A US 3108590A
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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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/28—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor
    • B65D83/30—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor for guiding the flow of spray, e.g. funnels, hoods
    • B65D83/303—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor for guiding the flow of spray, e.g. funnels, hoods using extension tubes located in or at the outlet duct of the nozzle assembly
    • 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
    • A61M11/00—Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
    • A61M11/02—Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes operated by air or other gas pressure applied to the liquid or other product to be sprayed or atomised
    • 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
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A61M15/009—Inhalators using medicine packages with incorporated spraying means, e.g. aerosol cans
    • 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
    • A61M31/00—Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body
    • 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
    • A61M35/00—Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body
    • A61M35/003—Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media
    • 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
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/28—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor
    • B65D83/285—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor for applying the contents, e.g. brushes, rollers, pads, spoons, razors, scrapers

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  • This invention relates to a new and improved applicator for applying medicament to a body cavity, this applicator having novel special provision for mounting a miniature aerosol container so that the aerosol container and the applicator itself together form a single relatively small device which is very easily handled and operated, either by a physician or one Wishing to provide himself with medicament or the like.
  • anaerosol container and an applicator therefor in which the applicator is provided with special new and improved means for mounting a miniature aerosol container directly thereon in convenient position for being actuated manually, and the applicator stem is elongated and at a general rig t angle with respect to the aerosol container and to the means for attaching the container to the applicator, whereby this applicator can be used for administration extremely conveniently by handling the same at any angle with respect to the body and the body opening that the stem is to be inserted into, in contrast to bulky and unwieldy devices presently in use in the prior art wherein administration must be of the straight line type in which the possible container positions available for ready administration are severely limited.
  • a further object of the invention resides in the provision of a combined aerosol mounting means and applicator comprising an elongated stem for application to a body cavity, said stem having an orifice at the discharge end thereof and at the opposite end it is provided with a special new and improved manual grip including a barrel or bowl having an axis at essentially right angles to the axis of the stem, said barrel or bowl being hollow and provided with means for receiving and retaining temporarily a miniature aerosol the contents of which are to be deposited Within the body cavity, and in which the grip forms a fingerhold or handle which is extremely easy of operation for self-administration of the container contents, etc.
  • the invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the barrel of the applicator, and showing the aerosol in open, operative condition;
  • FIG. 4 is a plan View of the device looking in the direction of arrow 4 in FIG. 1, part being in section;
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the aerosol gasket
  • PEG. 6 is a sectional view of the aerosol in closed condition.
  • the present device is extremely convenient and easy to use and is of relatively simple construction.
  • the applicator itself comprises an elongated stem 16 which may conveniently be made of any kind of suitable material such as rubber or plastic and this stem is conveniently provided with a central elongated axial passage 12 for 2 the travel of a medicament to and through the applicator tip 14, the latter being apertured where convenient or desired as shown at 16 in FIG. 4.
  • an aerosol containing device including a grip or handle whereby the aerosol is mounted directly on the applicator and is quickly and easily operated by the fingers of either hand of the person self-administering the contents of the aerosol or of the physician.
  • the grip or handle is conveniently made of suitable materials such as rubber or plastic, and includes a barrel 0r bowl 18 which is hollow (see FIG. 2).
  • This barrel or bowl is open at one end as at 20 for the reception of the miniature aerosol container 22 and at its opposite end it is provided with a convenient substantially flat member 24 upon which the fingers of the hand is adapted to rest.
  • a projection 26 of convenient fiat or gently curved shape stands up from the member 24 adjacent the connection thereof to stem 10.
  • the inside of the barrel or bowl 18 is provided with a substantially flat bottom surface 28 having a radial projection 30 therein, said radial projection being provided with a passage 32 communicating with that at 12 (see FIG. 2).
  • a downwardly projecting hollow sleeve-like central member generally indicated at 34 and this includes an annular shelf or shoulder 36.
  • This tip 33 In the center of the shelf 36 there is an extending cylindrical tip 33, this tip having radial notches 49 therein at the edges thereof.
  • the entire projection 34 is provided with passage 42, this having a right angle bend with respect to pas-sage 32 and communicating therewith as seen in FIG. 2.
  • the aerosol container 22 comprises in general a bottle or container having a lip 44 on which is mounted a distensible or distortable circular gasket 46, this gasket having a thickened central portion 48 surrounded by a series of openings 50, which act as passages for the material contained in the aerosol.
  • a distensible or distortable circular gasket 46 this gasket having a thickened central portion 48 surrounded by a series of openings 50, which act as passages for the material contained in the aerosol.
  • annular ferrule 52 crimping the enlarged edge of the gasket 46 to the lip of the container at 44.
  • This ferrule has a downturned central sleeve or skirt 54, the edge of which normally contacts the gasket about the central thickened portion 48 within the annular row of apertures 56, stretch- .ing the gasket so that the inherent resiliency of the rubberlike gasket normally maintains the aerosol 22 in closed condition against the edge of the skirt 54.
  • the central portion 48 of the gasket can be
  • This device can be used with the aerosol 22 in any angular position relative to the body cavity being treated, and thus it can be operated by either hand or by both hands. Also the person being treated can use the device anally or apply it to the vagina standing, lying down, or in any convenient position.
  • the miniature aerosol provides a predetermined single dosage and can be thrown away once used, and also the applicator itself is so inexpensive as to allow it to be disposed of after a single use also, but it can also be cleaned and reused.
  • an applicator for a medicament with an aerosol medicament container said applicator including an elongated stem having a passage therethrough, an applicator tip at one end of the stem, a hand g ip at the other end of the applicator stern, said hand grip including means for lightly temporarily holding and operating the aerosol container at an approximate right angle to the length of the stem, said means including a projection having a passage leading the aerosol contents to the first-named passage and thence to the applicator tip, a valve for the aerosol, said valve including a depressiole gasket engaged by the projection and a generally tubular skirt receiving the projection and serving to connect the projection with the aerosol, said grip including means to which fingers of the operator may be applied to grasp the container and move it relative to the projection for depressing the gasket of the aerosol valve to operate the aerosol.

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FR934133A FR1356192A (fr) 1962-05-21 1963-05-08 Applicateur pour récipient d'aérosol
GB18353/63A GB977375A (en) 1962-05-21 1963-05-09 Applicator in combination with a pressurized aerosol container
CH619063A CH414954A (de) 1962-05-21 1963-05-16 Aerosolmedikamentbehälter mit Applikator
AT401963A AT249255B (de) 1962-05-21 1963-05-17 Vorrichtung zum Applizieren eines Medikaments in einen Körperhohlraum
DK239963AA DK106054C (da) 1962-05-21 1963-05-20 Trykladet aerosolmedikamentbeholder med en medikamentapplikator.

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US3242928A (en) * 1964-01-29 1966-03-29 John J Peters Reciprocating aerosol toothbrush with self-sealing elastic valve means
US3356093A (en) * 1965-03-25 1967-12-05 Oel Inc Valved catheter
US3357427A (en) * 1965-04-21 1967-12-12 John M Wittke Aerosol introducer device for dispensing a measured charge of therapeutic composition into body cavities
US3776427A (en) * 1968-12-18 1973-12-04 P Remane Container with valve filled with a fluid under pressure
US3776226A (en) * 1972-11-21 1973-12-04 F Triplett Spray applicator
US3784063A (en) * 1971-07-07 1974-01-08 G Otis Apparatus for facilitating application of fluids
US4112942A (en) * 1974-10-09 1978-09-12 Reckitt & Colman Products Limited Method of preparing and administering a foam enema
US4354638A (en) * 1980-04-25 1982-10-19 Bristol-Myers Company Spiral actuator for aerosol powdered suspension product
FR2574329A1 (fr) * 1984-12-06 1986-06-13 Aerosol Inventions Dev Procede pour assujettir une petite piece sur un article et un article realise suivant ce procede
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US6003702A (en) * 1995-09-27 1999-12-21 Becton Dickinson France, S.A. Vial with resealable connector assembly having a membrane and a multi-configuration fluid access device
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US3186645A (en) * 1964-02-10 1965-06-01 Roberta R Eberlein Spray nozzle for pressurized containers
US3356093A (en) * 1965-03-25 1967-12-05 Oel Inc Valved catheter
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US3776427A (en) * 1968-12-18 1973-12-04 P Remane Container with valve filled with a fluid under pressure
US3784063A (en) * 1971-07-07 1974-01-08 G Otis Apparatus for facilitating application of fluids
US3776226A (en) * 1972-11-21 1973-12-04 F Triplett Spray applicator
US4112942A (en) * 1974-10-09 1978-09-12 Reckitt & Colman Products Limited Method of preparing and administering a foam enema
US4354638A (en) * 1980-04-25 1982-10-19 Bristol-Myers Company Spiral actuator for aerosol powdered suspension product
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US20110215119A1 (en) * 2010-03-03 2011-09-08 Mcbroom James P Aerosol valve assembly
CN108310556A (zh) * 2017-01-18 2018-07-24 杨军 直肠给药器

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