Multiple-metered self-cleaning dispenser
AssigneeOtic Pharma Ltd.
InventorsOz Cabiri, Rodrigo Yelin, Ella Zlatkis, Eran Eilat
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Abstract
A method for dispensing a plurality of metered doses of a fluid, comprising: providing a fluid in a container comprising a plurality of metering chambers and a plurality of tubes connectable to and movable relative to the chambers, wherein the tubes are externally open or open to the fluid; connecting to the chambers tubes open to the fluid, thereby loading the chambers with fluid; and selectively connecting one or more externally open tubes to one or more chambers, thereby dispensing the fluid contents of the one or more chambers via an external opening.
Claims20
A method for dispensing a plurality of metered doses of fluid by a dispenser, comprising:
- (a) providing a fluid in a container comprising a plurality of metering chambers and a plurality of tubes connectable to and movable relative to the chambers;
- (b) connecting to the chambers tubes open to the fluid, thereby loading the chambers with fluid;
- (c) selectively connecting one or more externally open tubes to one or more chambers, thereby dispensing the fluid contents of the one or more chambers via an external opening;
- (d) providing in the container a cleaning effluent, at least one additional chamber and an additional movable tube open to the cleaning effluent;
- (e) connecting to the additional chamber the tube open to the cleaning effluent, thereby loading the additional chamber with cleaning effluent;
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- (f) connecting an externally open tube to the additional chamber, thereby dispensing the cleaning effluent via the externally open tube.
An dispenser apparatus for dispensing a plurality of metered doses of fluid, comprising:
- (a) a container fillable with a fluid to at least a portion of the container;
- (b) a plurality of chambers disposed in the container;
- (c) a plurality of tubes open to said portion, connectable to and movable relative to the chambers, providing selectable connections between said portion and the chambers for loading the fluid to the chambers;
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- (d) a plurality of externally open tubes connectable to and movable relative to the chambers, providing a selectable external connection to at least one chamber for dispensing the content of the at least one chamber;
- (e) at least one additional chamber, disposed in the container, connectable to an externally open tube;
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- (f) at least one additional tube, open to the container outside of said portion, connectable to and movable relative to the additional chamber and allowing a selectable connection between the additional chamber and outside of said portion for loading into the additional chamber a provided cleaning effluent for a subsequent discharge via the externally open tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.