Interlocking vial sleeve apparatus for medication management
OwnerAdam Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A protective sleeve apparatus for multiple vial carriage, said apparatus comprising: a pliable enclosure (sleeve), wherein said sleeve is comprised of a first surface, second surface, and at least three side walls adjoining the first surface with the second surface to form the sleeve; at least one aperture disposed on at least one of the first and/or second surface of the sleeve, wherein said aperture is configured for an insertion or removal of the glass vial into the sleeve; and at least one means of interlocking the sleeve with at least a second sleeve, wherein the interlocking component is disposed on at least one of the side walls of either of the two sleeves, whereby the interlocked sleeves enable protective multiple vial carriage.
Claims10
A protective sleeve apparatus for multiple vial carriage or vial chaining, said apparatus comprising:
- a unitary pliable first sleeve having a longitudinal axis configured for protectively encasing a medical vial, wherein the first sleeve is further comprised of:
- at least one surface or point on the first sleeve with an aperture extending through a wall of the sleeve for at least one of a vial insertion, vial access for drawing vial contents, and viewing a label and/or quantity of content in the vial;
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- a first interlocking member disposed on a lateral side of the first sleeve and a complementary second interlocking member disposed on an opposing lateral side of the first sleeve, wherein the first interlocking member is configured to removably engage the complementary second interlocking member of a second sleeve in a lateral direction transverse to the longitudinal axis to form a linear chain of independently encased vials, and wherein each sleeve remains individually removable from the chain.
A protective sleeve apparatus for vial chaining, said apparatus comprising
- a first sleeve fabricated from at least one of an elastomeric, thermoplastic, synthetic rubber, specialty polymer, and composite material conferring the first sleeve with at least one of a shock-absorption, flexibility, thermal stability, and UV-resistant property;
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- a means for interlocking said first sleeve with at least a second sleeve, said means for interlocking including at least one of a positive and negative feature interlocking, magnetic coupling, clips, hook and loop closure, snap-fit connection, and bonded assembly disposed on at least one of opposable side walls for each of the first and second interlocked sleeves, whereby the interlocked sleeves enable vial chaining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.