Teat nozzle for dosing device with connection means
AssigneeSmithKline Beecham Biologicals s.a.
InventorsJacques Thilly, Christian Vandecasserie
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Abstract
A teat nozzle suitable for pediatric oral dosing of a fluid medicament comprising a tubular conduit which is engageable with a socket, and has at least one engagement part which can engage with an internal thread in the socket. The teat nozzle facilitates connection between the conduit and the socket. Dosing devices such as syringes and squeezable capsules provided with the nozzle, and a connection means for a vial having such a socket, are also described.
Claims13
A teat nozzle suitable for paediatric oral dosing of a fluid medicament comprising a tubular conduit having an internal channel along which a fluid medicament may be caused to flow toward a nozzle opening of the conduit, the conduit being engageable in a male-female co-operation with a female socket, wherein the conduit is provided externally with at least one engagement part which can engage with an internal helical screw thread in such a female socket, to thereby facilitate connection between the conduit and the socket, and wherein said engagement part comprises two substantially hemispherical or rounded conical bumps regularly circumferentially disposed 180° apart around the circumference of the outer surface of the conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.