# US 8,465,463 B2 · Medicament dispensing devices and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,465,463 B2 - Document ID: US8465463B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/428,262 - Filed: 2012-03-23 - Published: 2012-09-20 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2007-05-08 - Assignees: Cyto-Biotics, LLC - Applicants: Michael Lewis - Inventors: Michael Lewis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465463B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/00: Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00) - A61M 31/00: Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body (A61M25/00 takes precedence {; introducing or retaining ophthalmic products into the ocular cavities A61F9/0008}) - A61M 35/003: {Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media (hand-held massage devices with liquid delivery A61H7/003)} - A61M 37/0069: {Devices for implanting pellets, e.g. markers or solid medicaments (for introducing of radioactive sources for interstitial radiation therapy, i.e. brachytherapy A61N5/1027)} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A medicament dispensing device including a substantially rigid carpule body which has a dispensing end and an actuation end opposite the dispensing end. The carpule body is substantially tubular and thus defines a carpule bore. The device further includes a plunger operatively disposed within the carpule bore having a plunger actuator near the actuation end of the carpule body and a plunger tip opposite the plunger actuator. The plunger tip and an orifice at the dispensing end of the carpule bore define a medicament volume which may be loaded with a medicament selected to achieve specific therapeutic goals. The carpule body may also include a wound depth scale. The depth scale is typically associated with the dispensing end of the carpule body. Similarly, the medicament dispensing device may include a dosage scale. Also disclosed are methods of dispensing medicaments. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medicament dispensing device comprising: a substantially rigid carpule body having a dispensing end and an actuation end opposite the dispensing end, the carpule body further defining a carpule bore, wherein the carpule body is curved to provide an angular displacement between a central axis of the carpule body at the actuation end and a central axis of the carpule body at the dispensing end; a plunger operatively disposed within the carpule bore having a plunger actuator near the actuation end; a plunger tip opposite the plunger actuator; a medicament volume defined by the carpule bore between the plunger tip and an orifice at the dispensing end; and a wound depth scale operatively associated with the dispensing end of the carpule body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the actuation end further comprises an enlarged head adapted to be received in a medicament dispensing gun. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 further comprising a plunger extension engageable with the plunger actuator to provide for manual actuation of the plunger actuator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medicament dispensing device of claim 3 further comprising an attachment ring connecting the plunger extension in sliding engagement with the carpule body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 further comprising a dosage scale operatively associated with the actuation end of the carpule body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The medicament dispensing device of claim 5 wherein the dosage scale comprises indicia associated with a notch, the notch further being operatively associated with the plunger actuator, which indicia indicate selected delivery of a partial dosage of a medicament. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medicament dispensing device of claim 6 further comprising a stop associated with the notch defining a limit to the travel of the plunger actuator which is associated with the delivery of a full dosage of the medicament. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the plunger tip has substantially the same diameter as the orifice. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the plunger tip defines a concave surface facing the orifice. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the carpule body proximate the dispensing end is tapered. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the axis of the carpule body at the dispensing end is angled from the axis of the carpule body at the actuation end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 wherein the curved carpule body provides for the axis of the carpule body at the dispensing end is angled from the axis of the carpule body at the actuation end at an angle of between 100 and 120 degrees. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The medicament dispensing device of claim 1 further comprising a protective cover associated with the carpule body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medicament dispensing device of claim 13 wherein the protective cover covers the entire carpule body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The medicament dispensing device of claim 14 wherein the protective cover comprises: a tab, and a scored seam facilitating the opening of the protective cover. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The medicament dispensing device of claim 13 wherein the protective cover covers the dispensing end of the carpule body.