# US 10,500,026 B2 · Dispenser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,026 B2 - Document ID: US10500026B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/046,755 - Filed: 2016-02-18 - Published: 2016-06-09 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-30 - Assignees: Aan Medical Limited - Applicants: Aan Medical Limited - Inventors: Andrew Coats; Nigel Davis; Andrew Tulloch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500026B2 ## CPC - A61D 7/00: Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid or gaseous remedies or other materials into or onto the bodies of animals (for reproduction or fertilisation A61D19/00) - A61M 11/00: Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes (in general B05B; {aerosol containers B65D83/14}) - A61M 11/006: {operated by applying mechanical pressure to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised} - B05B 1/205: {characterised by the longitudinal shape of the elongated body} - B05B 9/0861: {the motor being electric} - A61M 2205/13: with means for the detection of operative contact with patient, e.g. lip sensor - A61M 2205/18: with alarm - A61M 2205/3306: Optical measuring means - A61M 2205/3375: Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means - A61M 2205/3553: remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office - A61M 2205/50: with microprocessors or computers - A61M 2205/52: with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - A61M 2205/6018: providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration - A61M 2205/6072: Bar codes - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - A61M 2210/083: Arms - A61M 2210/086: Legs - A61D: VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) ## Abstract A drug or medical treatment dispenser comprises a hoop or a pair of semi-circular arms pivotally mounted together. The dispenser comprises at least one tube which is connected at one end to a pump. The pump is in turn connected to a replaceable container of treatment. The tube comprises one or more apertures to dispense treatment in spray form towards a body part of a person or animal which is placed within the dispenser. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drug or medical treatment dispenser for application of a drug or medical treatment in a fluid to a body part, the dispenser comprising: a hoop or a pair of pivoted together semi-circular arms configured to at least partially surround the body part and comprising at least one groove and at least one tube inset in the groove(s); the tube(s) comprising one or more apertures directed towards a center of the hoop or of the semi-circular arms, from which aperture(s) the drug or treatment in the fluid may be sprayed onto the body part placed in the hoop or the semi-circular arms of the dispenser; a pump comprising an inlet and an outlet; a manifold through which the aperture(s) are connected by the tube(s) to the outlet of the pump; a container configured to contain the drug or medical treatment and connected to the inlet of the pump. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, in which the device comprises a wand configured to pass over the body part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, in which the aperture(s) comprise nozzles or self-sealing slits. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor configured to sense presence of the body part in the dispenser, the sensor further configured to activate spraying of the drug or medical treatment through the aperture(s) when the body part is sensed by the sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor configured to identify that the body part inserted is a specified body part of a specified person and configured to prevent activation unless the specified body part of the specified person is inserted. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, wherein fluid flows from one aperture at a same rate as fluid flows from another aperture located further away from the pump. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 6, further comprising a sensor connected to a programmable chip, the dispenser comprising at least two tubes, said sensor and chip being configured in combination to make an identification of presence of the body part in the dispenser, the programmable chip being configured to control opening and closing of valves allowing or preventing entry of the fluid into one or more of the tubes in response to the identification. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor, and wherein the pump is configured to operate only when a correct body part is identified by the sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1 in which the pair of pivoted together semi-circular arms form a hoop, a C shape, or a U shape around a body part when the arms are moved towards one another. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 9, further comprising a spring configured to urge the arms towards one another. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 6, in which the apertures are of increasing size to compensate for pressure drop as distance of the apertures from the pump increases. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 6, in which the tube(s) are of a changing diameter to compensate for pressure drop as distance from the pump increases. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 1, in which each individual aperture is connected by a separate tube to the manifold. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The drug or medical treatment dispenser according to claim 13, in which the tubes are of different diameters.