Medicine cup with infection control tab
OwnerDennis Christopher Riordaninventor
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Abstract
A medicine cup, preferably stackable, disposable, of frustoconical configuration and optionally biodegradable. The medicine cup includes a cup member for the medicine and an infection control tab coupled to the cup member. The tab is preferably coplanar with and integrally mounted to the sidewall of the cup member and has a textured frictional surface. The infection control tab is for holding the cup by the health care provider, the tab minimizing the possibility of contamination of the cup and patient through the health care provider's hands.
Claims19
A medicine cup for dispensing a pharmaceutical product to a patient requiring such product, comprising:
- a. a cup including a surrounding sidewall, the sidewall including an upper edge and a bottom edge,
- b:
- a bottom wall mounted to the bottom edge of the sidewall configured to form the bottom surface of the cup;
- c. the upper edge forming a top opening to the cup;
- and
- d. a tab attached to and projecting from a portion of the upper edge of the surrounding sidewall configured to be grasped by two fingers of a person dispensing the pharmaceutical product;
- wherein the person dispensing the pharmaceutical product can grasp the tab of the cup, place the pharmaceutical product therein through the opening and deliver the medicine cup to the patient for use without the fingers or hand of the person dispensing, the pharmaceutical product from touching the upper edge or sidewalls of the cup to thereby minimize the possible contamination of the cup and medicine.
A disposable medicine cup having a frustoconical configuration for dispensing a pharmaceutical product to a patient requiring such product, the cup comprising:
- a. a closed circular base having an outer perimeter;
- b. a conical shaped surrounding sidewall having a bottom perimeter edge joined to the outer perimeter of the circular base and a top perimeter edge, the sidewall extending upward and tapering outwardly from the outer perimeter of the base;
- and
- c. an infection control tab attached to and projecting from a portion of the top perimeter edge of the surrounding sidewall configured to be grasped by two fingers of a person dispensing the pharmaceutical product;
- wherein the person dispensing the pharmaceutical product can grasp the tab of the cup, place the pharmaceutical product therein through the opening and deliver the medicine cup to the patient for use without the fingers or hand of the person dispensing the pharmaceutical product touching the upper edge or sidewalls of the cup to thereby minimize the possible contamination of the cup and medicine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.