WO1998044892A1 - Medicine feed device for allotment of medicine via the mouth particularly intended for smaller children - Google Patents

Medicine feed device for allotment of medicine via the mouth particularly intended for smaller children Download PDF

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WO1998044892A1
WO1998044892A1 PCT/NO1998/000113 NO9800113W WO9844892A1 WO 1998044892 A1 WO1998044892 A1 WO 1998044892A1 NO 9800113 W NO9800113 W NO 9800113W WO 9844892 A1 WO9844892 A1 WO 9844892A1
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Ralf Werner
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    • 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
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/0015—Devices specially adapted for taking medicines
    • A61J7/0053—Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers
    • 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
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A61J17/001—Baby-comforters

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  • This invention relates to a medicine feeding device for dispensing medicine orally and which is particularly intended to be used for smaller children, comprising ' a perforated dummy communicating with a cylindrical medicine container for a piston displaceable towards and away from the dummy and which, upon displacement towards the dummy, supersedes medicine in the cylinder from the same and into the dummy's through-going hole and, from there, into the mouth of the child.
  • the invention relates to a medicine feeding device of the introductorily defined kind, and the object thereof is to eliminate deficiencies, disadvantages and limitations of use and application of prior art technique and, thus, provide a medicine feeding device for small children, the device being shaped and designed such that the medicine-feeder in its entirety is well suited for use as a dummy.
  • the cylindrical medicine con- tainer (the piston's cylinder), at the opposite end of the dummy portion, is shortened so that the medicine feeding device can be used as a dummy both before, during and after the medicine dispensing.
  • the cylindrical medi- cine container constituting the cylinder for the piston may have a radially projecting stop plate which can extend ap- proxi ately parallel to the stop plate of the dummy portion. Both stop plates may have a concavely curved course in relation to the dummy portion.
  • the end portion of the medicine container away from the dummy portion may be formed with a smaller constriction in relation to the remainder of the medicine container; this in order to prevent the child from pulling out the piston, which has an outer handle piece connected to the piston proper through a central piston rod.
  • the piston may have a radially resilient lip co-operating snap-likely with a circumferential, internal bulb at the outer end (away from the dummy portion) of the medicine container. This bulb is substantially radially inwardly extending, the extent in the radial direction being short.
  • the rigidity/flexibility of the parts when subjected to elas- tical deformation has been chosen such that an adult easily will be capable of pulling the piston entirely out, pushing it back again after the medicine container has been filled with medicine; a smaller child, however, not being in a posi- tion to displace the piston.
  • Figure 1 shows an axial section through a medicine feeding device in accordance with the invention, the piston with its piston rod and handle knob being shown in side elevational view;
  • Figure 2 shows a detailed partial view on a larger scale, corresponding to the portion A encircled in figure 1;
  • Figure 3 shows an axial section through the piston
  • Figure 4 shows a detailed partial view on a larger scale, corresponding to the encircled portion B in figure 3;
  • Figure 5 shows a top plan view of the medicine feeding device.
  • a medicine feeding device of the invention comprises a dummy portion 10 having a slot 12 at the free end and being, for the rest, shaped as a hollow piece.
  • the dummy portion 10 has an annularly extending, relatively bulky bulb 14 accommodated within a groove 16 having a square cross section and an extent of 360°, formed partly by portions of the dummy's stop plate 18 and corresponding portions of a cylindrical medicine container 20, having a common longitudinal axis C-C with the dummy 10.
  • the dummy 10 In the area of the dummy's 10 fastener bulb 14, the dummy 10, its stop plate 18 and the medicine container 20, which is in fluid communication with the cavity of the dummy 10, joined by gluing.
  • the medicine container 20 engages into the dummy's 10 fastener bulb 14 with a socket-like portion 22 having a _ considerably smaller diameter than the medicine container proper 20.
  • the stop plate 18 and the medicine container 20 may be screwed together, or attached to each other through a press fit.
  • the cylindrical medicine container 20 forms a cylinder for an axially displaceable piston 24 having a piston rod 26 and an external, hood-like handle knot 28.
  • the medicine container 20 is provided with a radially projecting stop plate 30, which may have a course substantially parallel to the stop plate 18 of the dummy portion 10.
  • the stop plate 30 may form a suitable abutment for the piston device 24,26,28 when the piston 24 is operated from the handle part 28 through the rod 26.
  • these stop plates 18, 30 have a con- cavely curved course in relation to the dummy portion 10.
  • the medicine container 20 internally has a circumferentially ex- tending, radially inwardly projecting bulb 32 which, upon nearly completely extracted piston 24, is adapted to cooperate retainingly with a radially resilient lip 24 ' forming a considerable part of the piston 24, the upright, free, outer edge thereof being denoted at 24". This in order to secure a good sealing preventing the child from pulling the piston device 24,26,28 out from the medicine container 20.
  • the piston and especially the lip 24' thereof of a soft (plastic) material, while its cylinder in the form of the medicine container 20 then is suita- bly made from a harder, more rigid (plastic) material. It is advantageous to achieve a snap-like cooperation between the internal bulb 32 of the medicine container and the lip 24 ' of _ he. piston 24, so that a certain force is required to pull the piston device 24,26,28 out of the container/cylinder 20.
  • Figure 5 shows a possible embodiment of the two stop plates 18 and 30. Except from the constriction at the free outer end of the medicine container, the piston 24 slides relatively easily in the remaining part of the container 20, and it is not at all associated with any difficulties to give the child the medi- cine in the container 20 by pressing the piston device 24,26,28 inwardly.
  • the medicine feeding device has a condensed, compact shape, the cylindrical container 20 at the opposite end of the dummy portion 10 being shortened, so that the device in its entirety can be used as a dummy before, during and after dispensing the medicine which will make the child more familiar with the medicine-feeder and, thus, facilitate the medicine dispensation compared to a situation in which the child only makes contact with the dummy portion during the dispensation of medicine.

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Abstract

A medicine feeding device for oral dispensation of medicine, intended for babies and smaller children, comprises a dummy portion (10) having at least one through-going outlet opening and communicating with a cylindrical medicine container (20) joined thereto. The container (20) constitutes a cylinder for a piston (24) which is displaceable to-and-fro the dummy portion (10) for feeding medicine out from the through-going opening (12) through the container (20). The cylindrical medicine container (20) constituting the cylinder for said piston (24) is, at the opposite end of the dummy portion (10), shortened, so that the medicine feeding device in its entirety can be used as a dummy after or before the dispensation of medicine, primarily with a view of making the child confident with the medicine-feeder.

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MEDICINE FEED DEVICE FOR ALLOTMENT OF MEDICINE VIA THE MOUTH PARTICULARLY INTENDED FOR SMALLER CHILDREN.
This invention relates to a medicine feeding device for dispensing medicine orally and which is particularly intended to be used for smaller children, comprising' a perforated dummy communicating with a cylindrical medicine container for a piston displaceable towards and away from the dummy and which, upon displacement towards the dummy, supersedes medicine in the cylinder from the same and into the dummy's through-going hole and, from there, into the mouth of the child.
From U.S. patent specification No. 3,426,755 it is previously known a medicine-feeder having a nipple-like dummy mouthpiece assigned an ordinary stop plate. The hollow, perforated dummy communicates with a flexible, bendable hose, the other end thereof being connected to a pumping device which may consist of a so-called balloon syringe. Such a medicine-feeder will have a quite substantial longitudinal extent and must in case be suspended from above in case a child in a lying posi- tion shall put the dummy into its mouth. The pumping device must then be filled with medicine. The considerable extent of this known medicine-feeder makes it unfit to be used as a common, freely supporting and, thus, mobile dummy before, during and after dispensing medicine. A dummy fit for the purpose is advantageous in this respect because the child then will be more acquainted with. such medicine-feeders through the dummy portion thereof.
From U.S. patent specification No. 5,431,680 it is previously known a medicine-feeder for dispensing medicine orally. This known medicine-feeder has a rigid, very elongated injection syringe-like structure which, upon medicine dispensing to children through the mouth, not at all can be left in the child's mouth, neither before nor after medicine dispensing; the weight of the syringe and its centre of gravity making this impossible.
The invention relates to a medicine feeding device of the introductorily defined kind, and the object thereof is to eliminate deficiencies, disadvantages and limitations of use and application of prior art technique and, thus, provide a medicine feeding device for small children, the device being shaped and designed such that the medicine-feeder in its entirety is well suited for use as a dummy.
Said object is realized by means of a medicine feeding device of the kind defined introductorily, shaped in accordance with the features appearing from the characterizing clause of claim 1.
According to the invention, the cylindrical medicine con- tainer (the piston's cylinder), at the opposite end of the dummy portion, is shortened so that the medicine feeding device can be used as a dummy both before, during and after the medicine dispensing.
At its end away from the dummy portion, the cylindrical medi- cine container constituting the cylinder for the piston, may have a radially projecting stop plate which can extend ap- proxi ately parallel to the stop plate of the dummy portion. Both stop plates may have a concavely curved course in relation to the dummy portion.
The end portion of the medicine container away from the dummy portion may be formed with a smaller constriction in relation to the remainder of the medicine container; this in order to prevent the child from pulling out the piston, which has an outer handle piece connected to the piston proper through a central piston rod. The piston may have a radially resilient lip co-operating snap-likely with a circumferential, internal bulb at the outer end (away from the dummy portion) of the medicine container. This bulb is substantially radially inwardly extending, the extent in the radial direction being short.
The rigidity/flexibility of the parts when subjected to elas- tical deformation has been chosen such that an adult easily will be capable of pulling the piston entirely out, pushing it back again after the medicine container has been filled with medicine; a smaller child, however, not being in a posi- tion to displace the piston.
The simplest possible construction presupposes filling of medicine after the complete withdrawal of the piston, but, in principle, nothing would prevent to form the tubular wall of the medicine container with a lateral, through-going filler opening sealably closeable with a plug or the like.
Objects, advantages and features of a medicine feeding device according to the invention appear from the following detail description of a non-restricting exemplary embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 shows an axial section through a medicine feeding device in accordance with the invention, the piston with its piston rod and handle knob being shown in side elevational view;
Figure 2 shows a detailed partial view on a larger scale, corresponding to the portion A encircled in figure 1;
Figure 3 shows an axial section through the piston;
Figure 4 shows a detailed partial view on a larger scale, corresponding to the encircled portion B in figure 3;
Figure 5 shows a top plan view of the medicine feeding device.
According to figure 1, a medicine feeding device of the invention comprises a dummy portion 10 having a slot 12 at the free end and being, for the rest, shaped as a hollow piece. At its fastening end portion, opposite the slot 12, the dummy portion 10 has an annularly extending, relatively bulky bulb 14 accommodated within a groove 16 having a square cross section and an extent of 360°, formed partly by portions of the dummy's stop plate 18 and corresponding portions of a cylindrical medicine container 20, having a common longitudinal axis C-C with the dummy 10.
In the area of the dummy's 10 fastener bulb 14, the dummy 10, its stop plate 18 and the medicine container 20, which is in fluid communication with the cavity of the dummy 10, joined by gluing. The medicine container 20 engages into the dummy's 10 fastener bulb 14 with a socket-like portion 22 having a _ considerably smaller diameter than the medicine container proper 20. Alternatively, the stop plate 18 and the medicine container 20 may be screwed together, or attached to each other through a press fit. The cylindrical medicine container 20 forms a cylinder for an axially displaceable piston 24 having a piston rod 26 and an external, hood-like handle knot 28.
At the outer, free end thereof, opposite the dummy 10, the medicine container 20 is provided with a radially projecting stop plate 30, which may have a course substantially parallel to the stop plate 18 of the dummy portion 10. The stop plate 30 may form a suitable abutment for the piston device 24,26,28 when the piston 24 is operated from the handle part 28 through the rod 26.
In the embodiment shown, these stop plates 18, 30 have a con- cavely curved course in relation to the dummy portion 10.
At its outer, free end, opposite the dummy portion 10, the medicine container 20 internally has a circumferentially ex- tending, radially inwardly projecting bulb 32 which, upon nearly completely extracted piston 24, is adapted to cooperate retainingly with a radially resilient lip 24 ' forming a considerable part of the piston 24, the upright, free, outer edge thereof being denoted at 24". This in order to secure a good sealing preventing the child from pulling the piston device 24,26,28 out from the medicine container 20.
It might be appropriate to form the piston and especially the lip 24' thereof of a soft (plastic) material, while its cylinder in the form of the medicine container 20 then is suita- bly made from a harder, more rigid (plastic) material. It is advantageous to achieve a snap-like cooperation between the internal bulb 32 of the medicine container and the lip 24 ' of _ he. piston 24, so that a certain force is required to pull the piston device 24,26,28 out of the container/cylinder 20.
Figure 5 shows a possible embodiment of the two stop plates 18 and 30. Except from the constriction at the free outer end of the medicine container, the piston 24 slides relatively easily in the remaining part of the container 20, and it is not at all associated with any difficulties to give the child the medi- cine in the container 20 by pressing the piston device 24,26,28 inwardly.
In relation to known dummy-based medicine-feeders, the medicine feeding device according to the invention has a condensed, compact shape, the cylindrical container 20 at the opposite end of the dummy portion 10 being shortened, so that the device in its entirety can be used as a dummy before, during and after dispensing the medicine which will make the child more familiar with the medicine-feeder and, thus, facilitate the medicine dispensation compared to a situation in which the child only makes contact with the dummy portion during the dispensation of medicine.

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1. A medicine feeding device for oral dispensation of medicine, intended for babies and smaller children, comprising a dummy portion (10) having at least one through-going outlet opening and communicating with a cylindrical medicine container (20) joined thereto and constituting the cylinder for a piston device (24,26, 28) displaceable towards and away from the dummy portion (10) and comprising a piston (24) having a coaxially extending piston rod (26) carrying an outer operating head/handle knot (28) or the like, for feeding medicine out from the dummy portion's (10) through-going outlet opening (12) through the container (20), c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the cylindrical medicine container (20) , at the opposite end of the dummy portion (10) , is shortened, and that the piston device (24,26,28) approximately has the same short extent as the container (20) , so that the medicine feeding device in its entirety can be used as a dummy after or before the medicine dispensation.
2. A medicine feeding device as set forth in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the cylindrical container (20) , at the outer, free end thereof, has a substantially radially projecting stop plate (30) positioned at an axial distance from the stop plate (18) of the dummy (10) , in order to enable the former stop plate (30) to form an abut- ment for the piston (24) with piston rod (26) and operating head (28) .
3. A medicine feeding device as set forth in claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the cylindrical container (20) at its outer, free end has an internal diameter which is smaller than the internal diameter of the remainder of the longitudinal portion, in order to form a narrow fit between piston (24) and container innerside.
4. A medicine feeding device as set forth in any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the container (20) , at the outer, free end portion thereof, has an internal, radially inwardly projecting, relatively small bulb (32) , preferably having a circular annular course, forming a narrow fit between piston (24) and container innerside.
5. A medicine feeding device as set forth in claim 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the piston (24) has a resilient, elastically compliant circumferential lip (24') having a free, outer periphery edge (24'').
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