WO2012096657A1 - Distributeur de pilules pour animaux domestiques - Google Patents
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- WO2012096657A1 WO2012096657A1 PCT/US2011/020966 US2011020966W WO2012096657A1 WO 2012096657 A1 WO2012096657 A1 WO 2012096657A1 US 2011020966 W US2011020966 W US 2011020966W WO 2012096657 A1 WO2012096657 A1 WO 2012096657A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
- A61D7/00—Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid, or gaseous remedies or other materials into or onto the bodies of animals
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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
- A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
- A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
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- This invention relates generally to pill dispensers and, more particularly, to a pill dispenser specifically useful for ejecting a medication in the form of a pill into the mouth of an animal, such as a pet.
- a common, yet often undesirable, task of both veterinarians and pet owners is to administer medications to pets. It is particularly difficult to induce a pet, especially a small animal like a cat, to swallow a pill. A pet owner may seek to hide a pill in the animal's normal food; unfortunately, many pets are able to avoid the pill and still ingest most of the food.
- a pill dispenser for efficiently dispensing a pill into the mouth of an animal. Further, it would be desirable to have a pill dispenser that selectively ejects a pill into an animal's mouth when actuated. In addition, it would be desirable to have a pill dispenser that induces a pet to receive the dispenser into its mouth.
- a pill dispenser for dispensing a pill into the mouth of an animal includes a housing having front, rear, and side walls defining a hollow interior, the front and rear walls having openings.
- a pill holding member is removably coupled to the housing front wall, the pill holding member defining a frontward bore configured to receive a pill and being in operative communication with the dispenser housing front opening.
- An elongate plunger shaft having proximal and distal ends is positioned along an imaginary longitudinal axis extending through the dispenser housing and the pill holding member. The shaft is movable between a retracted configuration in which the distal end extends outwardly from the housing rear wall and an actuated configuration in which the distal end is adjacent the housing rear wall.
- a spring is positioned in the dispenser housing and operatively connected to the plunger shaft for selectively moving the plunger shaft between the retracted and actuated configurations so as to eject a pill from the holding member.
- a general object of this invention is to provide a pill dispenser for use in dispensing a medication in pill form into the mouth of an animal.
- Another object of this invention is to provide a pill dispenser, as aforesaid, having a spring loaded shaft that ejects a pill from a pill holding area.
- Still another object of this invention is to provide a pill dispenser, as aforesaid, in which the shaft may be cocked to a selected position for accommodating pills of different sizes and regulating an amount of force with which to eject a pill.
- Yet another object of this invention is to provide a pill dispenser, as aforesaid, that may be operated with a single hand.
- a further object of this invention is to provide a pill dispenser, as aforesaid, having a structure for retaining a food substance so as to induce an animal to receive the dispenser into its mouth.
- a still further object of this invention is to provide a pill dispenser, as aforesaid, that is easy to use and cost-effective to manufacture.
- Fig. 1 is a top view of a pill dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2a is a perspective view of the pill dispenser as in Fig. 1 shown at a retracted configuration
- Fig. 2b is a perspective view of the pill dispenser as in Fig. 1 shown at an actuated configuration
- Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the pill dispenser as in Fig. 2a;
- Fig. 4a is a top view of the pill dispenser as in Fig. 2a;
- Fig. 4b is a sectional view taken along line 4b-4b of Fig. 4a at a retracted configuration
- Fig. 4c is a sectional view as in Fig. 4b at an actuated configuration.
- the pill dispenser 10 includes a dispenser housing 12, a pill holding member 30, and an actuation assembly 50.
- the dispenser housing 12 includes a front wall 14 and an opposing rear wall 16.
- the dispenser housing 12 includes a generally cylindrical configuration having a continuous side wall 18 extending between the front 14 and rear 16 walls although other configurations would also work.
- the walls of the dispenser 10 define a generally hollow configuration (Fig. 4b).
- the front 14 and rear 16 walls each define a respective opening as will be described more fully below.
- An interior wall 20 is situated within the dispenser housing 12 intermediate the front 14 and rear 16 walls and also defines an opening.
- a bumper pad 24 may be positioned adjacent an inner surface of the housing front wall 14 to absorb impact forces when a plunger shaft is actuated as will be described more fully later.
- the pill holding member 30 is removably coupled to the dispenser housing front wall 14. More particularly, the front wall 14 of the dispenser housing 12 and rear edge of the pill holding member 30 may include complementary structures to engage in a removable snap-fit relationship, as indicated at reference numeral 32 of Fig. 4b. Alternatively, the dispenser housing 12 and pill holding member 30 may be removably coupled using a threaded arrangement, friction-fit engagement, latches, or the like.
- the pill holding member 30 is removable from the dispenser housing 12 so that it may be cleaned easily before or after use. Further, the pill holding member 30 defines a frontward bore 34 configured to receive a pill, the bore being configured to communicate with the front wall opening of the dispenser housing 12. It is understood that the pill holding member 30 is removable and may be replaced with another pill holding member having a frontward bore 34 configured for a larger or smaller pill size.
- the pill holding member 30 further includes food retaining member 36 that may be useful to induce an animal to receive the dispenser into its mouth. More particularly, the food retaining member 36 may include one or more ribbed or textured surfaces integrally constructed on an outer surface of the pill holding member 30 adjacent the frontward bore 34 (Fig. 1).
- the food retaining member 36 may be constructed of rubber, plastic, an absorbent pad, or the like. Alternatively, the food retaining member 36 may be removably attached so as to be removed for cleaning purposes.
- the tip of the pill holding member 30 itself is constructed of a flexible and resilient material.
- the dispenser housing 12 includes a front portion 22 preferably having a downwardly tapered configuration adjacent said pill holding member 30. Specifically, the front portion 22 is tapered downwardly from the housing 12 to the pill holding member 30. This preferred configuration may provide enhanced grip of the dispenser housing 12 to a user.
- the pill dispenser 10 further includes an elongate plunger shaft 40 having proximal 42 and distal 44 ends relative to the pill holding member 30 and is positioned within the pill dispenser 10 a long an imaginary longitudinal axis that extends through the dispenser housing 12 and pill holding member 30.
- the plunger shaft 40 is slidably movable therein between a retracted configuration (Fig. 2a) in which its distal end 44 extends outwardly (rearwardly) from the rear wall 16 of the dispenser housing 12 and an actuated configuration (Fig. 2b) in which its distal end 44 is substantially adjacent the dispenser housing rear wall 16.
- the plunger shaft 40 is movable through the front wall, interior, and rear wall openings of the dispenser housing 12 and through the frontward bore 34 of the pill holding member 30 as the plunger shaft 40 is moved between retracted and actuated configurations as best shown in Figs. 4b and 4c.
- the plunger shaft 40 may include a handle end 46 at the distal end 44 thereof that is generally perpendicular to the plunger shaft 40 so that a user may easily grasp the handle end 46 to pull the shaft 40 toward the retracted configuration (Fig. 2a).
- the actuation assembly 50 includes a compression spring 52 (also referred to as an ejection spring) that is positioned in the dispenser housing, preferably surrounding the plunger shaft 40 (Fig. 4b).
- a retention wall 54 also extends about the plunger shaft 40 forward of the interior wall 20 of the dispenser housing 12 and the spring 52 is preferably situated therebetween. In other words, the retention wall 54 is positioned intermediate a forward end of the spring and the shaft proximal end 42. This configuration enables the plunger shaft 40 to be moved from the retracted configuration (Fig. 4b) to the actuated configuration (Fig. 4c) when the spring 52 is actuated to an unbiased or extended configuration.
- the spring is compressed/biased by the retention wall 54 against the interior wall 20 as the plunger shaft 40 is moved toward the retracted configuration (Fig. 4b) and then expands quickly when actuated to the actuated configuration (Fig. 4c).
- the spring 52 may be coupled at one end to the interior wall 20 and at an opposed end to the retention wall 54 although it may be suitable to merely be situated therebetween.
- the shaft 40 will move forward rapidly and the retention 54 may contact the housing front wall 14, although the bumper 24 situated at the front wall 14 is designed to absorb those impact forces so as not to unduly frighten the animal in whose mouth the dispenser housing 12 is inserted.
- the actuation assembly 50 includes means for selectively holding the spring 52 and plunger shaft 40 at the retracted configuration (Fig. 4b) until a user manually actuates the spring 52 to move the plunger shaft 40 to the actuated configuration (Fig. 4c).
- the plunger shaft 40 may define a series of notches 48 spaced apart along the longitudinal axis.
- the actuation assembly 50 includes an actuator 56 mounted in the dispenser housing 12 having a base member 58, a support member 60 extending upwardly from the base member 58 that defines an aperture 62 configured such that the plunger shaft 40 may extend therethrough.
- a stop 64 such as a nub or lip, is integrally constructed or attached adjacent the actuator aperture 62 and includes a configuration complementary to that of the shaft notches 48 described above so as to be selectively received in a respective notch 48.
- an actuator spring 66 is positioned under the base member 58 in operative contact therewith.
- An actuator button 68 extends upwardly from the support member 60. In operation, when the button 68 is depressed, the support member 60 and base member 58 are urged downwardly to compress the actuator spring 66, causing the stop 64 to be displaced from a respective notch 48 and allowing the shaft 40 to move to the actuated configuration (Fig.
- the dispenser housing 12 defines a hole 70 through which the button 68 may extend when the stop 64 is nested in a respective notch 48 in that the actuator spring 66 urges the entire actuator 56 upwardly (Fig. 4b).
- a user such as a pet owner may insert a pill 8 into the frontward bore 34 of the pill holding member 30 and then slide the plunger shaft 40 to a desired retracted position by pulling on the handle end 46 of the plunger shaft 40 (Fig. 4b).
- the actuator button 68 may be depressed while the shaft 40 is retracted to a desired position and then released to extend through the dispenser housing hole (Fig. 2a), at which point the stop 64 engages a respective plunger shaft notch 48.
- a food substance such as honey or the like may be smeared onto the retaining member 36 of the pill holding member 30 so as to induce the pet to accept the holding member 3 into his mouth.
- a user may depress the actuator button 68 to allow the spring 52 to cause the plunger shaft 40 to eject the pill 8 from the pill holding member 30 into the pet's mouth as described above.
- the plunger shaft 40 may be operated without inclusion or operation of a spring 52 to actuate pill delivery.
- the plunger may simply be retracted to a desired distance and then slid forward manually by a user once the pill holding member has been positioned within the mouth of the animal.
- the shaft 40 may or may not include the actuation assembly 50 to hold the shaft 40 at a selected position until the button 68 is depressed to allow shaft movement.
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Abstract
L'invention porte sur un distributeur de pilule (10) comprenant un boîtier (12) ayant des parois avant (14), arrière (16) et latérale (18) définissant un intérieur creux. Un élément (30) contenant des pilules est couplé de manière amovible à la paroi avant du boîtier et définit un alésage vers l'avant (34) configuré pour recevoir une pilule et étant en communication fonctionnelle avec l'ouverture avant du boîtier. Une tige de piston plongeur (40) allongée ayant des extrémités proximale (42) et distale (44) s'étend à travers le boîtier (12). La tige peut se déplacer entre une configuration rétractée dans laquelle l'extrémité distale s'étend à partir de la paroi arrière du boîtier et une configuration actionnée dans laquelle l'extrémité distale (46) est adjacente à la paroi arrière du boîtier. Un ressort (52) est positionné dans le boîtier du distributeur et est relié de manière fonctionnelle à la tige de piston plongeur pour déplacer de manière sélective la tige de piston plongeur entre les configurations rétractée et actionnée de façon à éjecter une pilule de l'élément contenant des pilules.
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