WO2009033202A1 - Liquid medication dispensing device for a child - Google Patents
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- WO2009033202A1 WO2009033202A1 PCT/AU2007/001862 AU2007001862W WO2009033202A1 WO 2009033202 A1 WO2009033202 A1 WO 2009033202A1 AU 2007001862 W AU2007001862 W AU 2007001862W WO 2009033202 A1 WO2009033202 A1 WO 2009033202A1
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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
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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
- A61J11/00—Teats
- A61J11/0005—Teats having additional ports, e.g. for connecting syringes or straws
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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
- A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
- A61J17/001—Baby-comforters
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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
- A61J7/0046—Cups, bottles or bags
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- the present invention relates to a device for the delivery of medication to a child and, in particular, to a specially designed dummy, also known as a pacifier, used for containing and orally dispensing small quantities of liquid medication to a small child, and particularly to a baby, in need of same,
- the background, objects and preferred embodiments of the invention will be hereinafter described with reference to a device and to a process employing that device for the delivery of liquid medication to a small child, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but has wider application.
- the device may be used for containing and orally dispensing small quantities of veterinary medication or other liquids to animals undergoing recovery from illness or extreme physical exertion.
- dosing devices for children include oral syringes * medicine cups, cylindrical dosing spoons and medicine droppers.
- a young child, and particularly a baby may reject the medication by not opening their mouth or by allowing the medication to spill out of their mouth if they disapprove of its taste or aspirate at an inappropriate time.
- a more natural way for a young child to be administered a liquid is by a dummy, which, takes advantage of the suckling reflex of a baby, and allows a liquid to be administered in an accurate dosage and at a comfortable flow rate.
- a device for the delivery of liquid medication to a child comprising:
- a one-way valve for allowing entry and containment of liquid medication within the cavity, the valve being formed in a side wall of the teat and being adapted to receive a dispensing mouth of a syringe from which the liquid medication is administered into the cavity.
- the one-way valve includes an outer opening and a pair of flexible flaps at an inner side of the opening which abut against each other when there is no outward pressure exerted through the opening, and which are moved apart from each other when outward pressure is exerted through the opening,
- the one-way valve includes an outer opening and a substantially conically converging structure at an inner side of the opening, the structure comprising stretchable portions which abut against each other when there is no outward pressure exerted through the opening, and which are moved apart from each other when outward pressure is exerted through the opening.
- the one-way valve is integrally formed with the side wall of the teat.
- the shield has a raised circumferential wall portion and surrounds handle support means that include brackets adapted to receive a handle.
- the handle is in the form of a ring that can be gripped by a finger.
- the handle is preferably pivotable.
- the teat includes a nipple portion having a bulbous shape and contiguous with a neck portion that is contiguous with an enlarged portion connected to the shield, the enlarged portion including the side walL
- the teat may be made of latex, silicone or other rubber based material.
- the shield and handle may be made of polystyrene, polypropylene, ABS or other plastic material.
- Figure 1 is a top perspective view of a liquid medication dispensing device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention
- Figure 2 is a front elevation, view of the liquid medication dispensing device of Figure 1
- Figure 3 is a left side elevation view of the liquid medication dispensing device of Figure 1
- Figure 4 is a plan view of the liquid medication dispensing device of Figure 1
- Figure 5 is a sectional view through A-A (when viewed from the rear) of the device shown in Figure 4,
- Figure 6 is a sectional view through A-A (when viewed from the front) of the device shown in Figure 4 5
- Figure 7 is a sectional view through B-B (when viewed from the left side) of the device shown in Figure 4, and
- Figure 8 is a side elevation view of the device as shown sectionally in Figure 6 receiving a syringe containing liquid medication.
- the device 1.0 includes a teat 12, a shield 14, a one-way valve 16 formed in the teat 12, and a handle 18 > and is used for containing and orally dispensing small quantities of liquid medication to a small child in need of same.
- the piercing in the nipple portion 22 may be in the form of a linear cut or a round aperture, the effective size of which is predetermined, say ⁇ during manufacture.
- the nipple portion 22 is contiguous with a neck portion 24 that, in turn, is contiguous with an enlarged portion 26 connected to the shield 14.
- the shield 14, in this embodiment, is made of polystyrene.
- the shield 14 defines a wall of the cavity 20 at a second extremity of the teat 12.
- the one-way valve 16 which allows entry and containment of liquid medication within the cavity 2O 5 is integrally (or continuously) formed with a side wall of the teat 12.
- the valve 16 is adapted to receive a dispensing mouth of a syringe 27, as shown in Figure 8, from which the liquid medication is administered into the cavity 20.
- the one-way valve 16 in one embodiment, has an outer opening 28 and a pair of flexible flaps 30,, 32 at an inner side of the opening that abut against each other when there is no outward pressure exerted through the opening.
- outward pressure is exerted through the opening, say, when a dispensing mouth of the syringe 27 is received therethrough, the pair of flexible flaps 30, 32 are moved apart from each other, thereby opening the valve 16,
- the flaps 3O 5 32 will not allow release of liquid medication from the cavity through the opening to the outside, and will close the opening tightly, when the pressure applied against them from the liquid medication contained in the cavity is greater than any outward pressure exerted through the opening.
- the one-way valve 16 has an outer opening 18 and a substantially conically converging, but stretchable, structure at an inner side of the opening.
- the stretchable portions 30, 32 of the structure abut against each other when there is no outward pressure exerted through the opening.
- the stretchable portions 30.32 are moved apart from each other, thereby opening the valve 16.
- the stretchable portions 30, 32 will not allow release of liquid medication from the cavity through the opening to the outside, and will close the opening tightly, when the pressure applied against them from the liquid medication contained in the cavity is greater than any outward pressure exerted through the opening.
- the shield 14 has a raised circumferential wall portion 34 and surrounds handle support means that include brackets 36, 38.
- the brackets 36, 38 extend beyond the height of the circumferential wall portion 34 and have respective apertures that pivotally receive the opposed pivot pins 40, 42 > respectively, of the handle 18.
- the handle 18 is in the form of a pivotable ring that can be gripped by a finger.
- an accurate and required dosage of liquid medication is administered from the syringe 27 through the one-way valve 16 into the cavity 20 of the device 10.
- a young child may then be given the device and will suck on the teat 12, during which time liquid medication is gradually dispensed through the piercing in the nipple portion 22 until the medication is depleted.
- the device 10 should be sterilized prior to reuse.
- One advantage is that, by using the device of the present invention to dispense liquid medication to a small child, the child will ingest the medication in an accurate dosage and at a comfortable flow rate according to their suckling reflex.
- Another advantage is that a small child is unlikely to reject the liquid medication because the device provides a more natural way of dispensing liquid to a child than other prior art devices and processes.
- a further modification may be in the form of a threaded valve or port through the shield that allows for attachment of a complementarily threaded tip of a syringe.
- a parent would attach the syringe, suitably filled with medication, to the valve and release the medication gradually into the cavity at the same time as, or before, the young child sucks it through the piercing in the teat.
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