Eye drop propulsion device and method
OwnerAndrew Peter Davisinventor
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Abstract
An eye drop propulsion device and method for propelling a drop of fluid towards an eye, including a compression chamber connected to a container configured to retain fluid, a dispenser aperture connected to the compression chamber and configured to be selectively occluded or not occluded, and a compressor configured to alter pressure in the compression chamber such that when the compressor is activated when the dispenser aperture is occluded, air is forced to flow from the compression chamber into the container, and when the compressor is deactivated, a vacuum is created in the compression chamber causing a portion of fluid in the container to flow into the compression chamber, and when the compressor is activated when the dispenser aperture is not occluded, a drop of fluid is propelled towards the eye.
Claims11
An eye drop propulsion device for propelling a drop of fluid towards an eye for use with an eye drop bottle having a nozzle, comprising:
- a compression chamber having a nozzle end configured to connect to the eye drop bottle to allow for communication of fluid from the nozzle of the eye drop bottle to the compression chamber;
- and
- a dispenser aperture configured to be selectively occluded or not occluded, wherein
- when the compression chamber is first activated when the dispenser aperture is occluded, air is forced to flow from the compression chamber into the eye drop bottle, and when the compression chamber is deactivated, a portion of fluid in the eye drop bottle flows into the compression chamber;
- and
- when the compression chamber is second activated when the dispenser aperture is not occluded, a drop of fluid is propelled towards the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.