Eye drop guide device for instilling eye drops
AssigneesSingapore National Eye Centre Pte Ltd, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
InventorsPriscilla Shiow Huey Lim, Lam Wing Tan
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Abstract
An eye drop guide for instilling eye drops to an eye includes an eye cup housing and an eye drop dispenser holder. The eye cup housing includes an eye cup at a first end of the eye cup housing configured to be placed over an eye, a hole through the eye cup housing at a second end of the eye cup housing, and a magnet fixed to the eye cup housing at the second end. The eye drop dispenser holder may include a magnet fixed to the eye drop dispenser holder. The magnet in the eye cup housing and the magnet in the eye drop dispenser holder are configured to be attracted to one another so as to removably attach the eye cup housing to the eye drop dispenser holder.
Claims19
An eye drop guide for instilling eye drops to an eye, the eye drop guide comprising:
- an eye cup housing, comprising an eye cup at a first end of the eye cup housing configured to be placed over an eye, a hole through the eye cup housing at a second end of the eye cup housing, and a magnet fixed to the eye cup housing at the second end;
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- an eye drop dispenser holder, comprising a magnet fixed to the eye drop dispenser holder;
- wherein the magnet in the eye cup housing and the magnet in the eye drop dispenser holder are configured to be attracted to one another so as to removably attach the eye cup housing to the eye drop dispenser holder that positions a tip of an eye drop dispenser held by the eye drop dispenser holder to pass through the hole in the eye cup housing and into the eye cup for instilling eye drops into the eye,
- wherein the eye cup housing comprises an eye cup housing base, and an eye cup housing case with a socket at the second end formed therein adjacent to the hole and configured to be placed over the eye cup housing base and
- wherein the eye cup housing case affixes the magnet in the socket at the second end when placed over the eye cup housing base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.