Dripless eardrop applicator
OwnerBarbara Liebowitzinventor
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Abstract
The present invention 10 discloses a medication dispensing device which can be attached to the head of an individual 12 via a head band 30 having a medicinal depository reservoir 16 located at the top of the head band 30 wherein a measured amount of liquid medication 22 would be inserted therein and the device would hold the medication 22 until released whereby the medication would then travel down a length of conduit 18 until being dispensed into the ear canal 36 through an earpiece 34.
Claims15
An apparatus capable of dispensing a measured amount of liquid medication directly into the ears of a user, comprising:
- a) a pair of reservoirs for containing liquid medication adapted to be disposed on the head of a user, said reservoirs each having an opening for receiving a measured amount of medication to be delivered to said ears;
- b) means adapted for securely attaching said reservoirs to the head of a user;
- c) a pair of earpieces capable of being disposed in the ears of a user for allowing medication to be dispensed directly into ear canals of the user, each of said earpieces having generally the shape of an ear plug to fit the ear of a user and a duct therein for transmitting flow of medication;
- d) a fluid connection of said reservoirs to said pair of earpieces;
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- e) means for releasing the medication from said reservoirs through said fluid connection allowing delivery of the measured amount of medication to the ear canals of the user.
The method of delivering a measured amount of liquid medication directly into the ears of a user comprising the steps of:
- a) mounting on a head of a user a reservoir having an upper opening and a bottom opening normally closed by a valve;
- b) inserting an earpiece with a passage therethrough directly into an ear of the user;
- c) joining the bottom opening of said reservoir to said earpiece with a fluid connection;
- d) dropping into said reservoir through said upper opening a measured amount of said medication;
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- e) opening said valve in the bottom opening of said reservoir to allow said measured amount of medication to flow through said fluid connection and said earpiece into said ear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.