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US 4,733,802 AGranted
Eye drop dispensing system
OwnerGerald M. Sheldoninventor
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Abstract
An eye drop dispensing system for dispensing eye drops upon an eye of an eye drop user includes a single opening formed in a sloping wall surface of an eye drop bottle support, wherein the patient may insert his finger through the opening to retract his or her lower eyelid and to maintain the lower eyelid in its open position while an eye drop is being dispensed.
Claims10
An eye drop dispensing system for dispensing eye drops upon an eye drop user, comprising:
- a reservoir adapted to store the eye drop solution;
- a nozzle associated with the reservoir in fluid communication therewith;
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- a support structure adapted to support the nozzle and reservoir above the eye in a spaced relation therefrom, the support structure including a truncated, substantially cone-shaped member having upper and lower ends and a sloping wall surface therebetween;
- the upper end including means for releasably securing the reservoir and nozzle to the truncated cone-shaped member;
- the lower end adapted to be disposed on a bony structure surrounding the eye;
- the sloping wall surface extending between the upper and lower ends including a single opening therein, the opening extending from a location approximately intermediate the upper and lower ends of the support structure to and through the lower end of the support structure, the opening being adapted to permit a finger of the eye drop user to be inserted therethrough to retract the lower eyelid open and to maintain the lower eyelid in its open position while an eye drop is being dispensed and to overcome the eye drop user's eyelid-blink reflex.
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An eye drop bottle support for spacing the eye drop bottle from an eye drop user's eye and for positioning the eye drop bottle above the eye, comprising:
- a truncated, substantially cone-shaped member having upper and lower ends, and a sloping wall surface therebetween;
- the upper end including means for releasably securing the eye drop bottle to the truncated cone-shaped member;
- the lower end of the truncated cone-shaped member being adapted to be disposed on a bony structure surrounding the eye;
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- the sloping wall surface extending between the upper and lower ends having a single opening therein extending from a location approximately intermediate the upper and lower ends of the cone-shaped member to and through the lower end of the cone-shaped member, the opening being adapted to permit a finger of the eye drop user to be inserted therethrough to retract the lower eyelid open and to maintain the lower eyelid in its open position while an eye drop is dispensed from the eye drop bottle and to overcome the eye drop user's eyelid-blink reflex.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.