Abstract: Targeted eye drop dispenser having concentric target rings of highly colored material aligned over and about the dispensing orifice. Highly visible material target rings aid in alignment of the dispensing orifice over the center of the human eye for self-dispensing of eye drops by the user of the targeted eye drop dispenser. An alternative embodiment includes a lighted target area.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser bottle with reservoirs for droppers comprising a bottle having cylindrical side walls with a flat circular bottom and an open cylindrical top, the top being formed with external screw threads. A dropper has a cylindrical cap with downwardly extending sidewalls with internal screw threads removably couplable with the exterior screw threads of the bottle, a squeeze ball operatively coupled to the cap thereabove, and a cylindrical tube therebelow terminating in a spherical end with an aperture at its lowermost point for receiving and dispensing liquid through the squeezing and releasing of the bulb, the lower end of the cylinder having a diameter less than fifty percent of the diameter of the open cylindrical top of the bottle to allow insertion of the tube into the bottle at a predetermined angle, the length of the tube being less than the length of the cylinder but greater than the distance to a reservoir.

Abstract: A bottle for liquids is fitted with a dropper adaptor including a plastic body having extending longitudinally therethrough a flow channel. Over at least a first length portion thereof the flow channel has a cross section in the shape of a star with at least three branches. The channel opens outwardly from the body only at an outlet aperture at an outlet end of the flow channel and at an inlet aperture, defined by plural windows, at an internal end of the flow channel.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing container particularly for single-use dispensing of eye medication and self-application of eye drop. The container for the liquid storage cavity has a molded plastic housing and at least one metallic foil wall secured to form an exterior wall of the housing and a flexible cavity wall. The foil wall is manually squeezable or deformable to enable a reduction in the volume of the cavity and compression and displacement of the medication therefrom. The foil wall is impervious to water vapor transmission out of the cavity which extends the shelf life of the stored container. The foil wall is also conveniently printed with labelling text and color. The plastic housing has an integrally molded nozzle which combine to control displaced flow and drop size of the dispensed medication.

Abstract: A cartridge for actuating a piston-like or accordion-like dispenser-vial for applying medicament to an eye. The cartridge includes a housing for holding the dispenser-vial and a telescoping cylinder for compressing the dispenser-vial in the longitudinal direction to actuate the vial. The cartridge includes a locking mechanism for locking the telescoping cylinder to restrict its movement and a lever mechanism for releasing the cylinder from the locked position so that a drop is released from the dispenser. The housing includes a finger for engaging the lower eyelid and exposing the conjunctival cul-de-sac.

Abstract: An eyedrop dispenser uses the natural optical lens effect of a transparent droplet formed at the tip of the dispenser to focus the image of a target disposed inside the outlet of the dispenser. The target image is viewable by the user to align the droplet with the eye when dispensing eyedrops or other liquid medication. The target image is arranged so it comes into focus just prior to when the droplet being formed at the tip of the dispenser is ready to be released from the dispenser tip. The target image is formed by an image plane indicator device located inside the dispenser on the image plane of the droplet when the user is viewing the indicator through the natural transparent lens formed by the droplet. The indicator can be a pinhole through which the liquid contents pass prior to dispensing. The pinhole is focused by the lens and formed as a magnified image by the lens effect of the droplet.

Abstract: A spectacle-like device mounts a system of pump elements that can project droplets of liquid onto a wearer's eye. A reservoir of the liquid and an electrical pump-controlling circuit are mounted on the spectacle frame for operation with the pump elements.

Abstract: This invention features a bottle for dispensing liquids to an eye. The bottle preferably comprises sterile liquid, has a tube extending into and out of the bottle, with the outer part of this tube being flexible, and lying at an acute angle to the axis of the bottle.

Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously delivering more than one kind of medicament to an eye, without premixing of the medicaments within the apparatus. The apparatus includes a special nozzle assembly which precludes reentry of medicament expelled from the nozzle to prevent commingling of the medicaments. In this way, dosages of two or more medicaments may be simultaneously delivered to an eye without the need for creating a stable premixture of the medicaments.

Abstract: An ophthalmic drug dispensing system in the form of a hand held device constructed of a soft pliable material with a bleb or bulbous area in its forward portion. Contained within the bleb is a fluid chamber which is connected to an orifice located in one end of the dispensing system.In use, the chamber is filed with a drug or medication and the device is inserted between the sclera of the eye and the upper eyelid with the bleb contacting the inner surface of the eyelid. Due to the pressure of the inner side of the upper eyelid upon the bleb, the drug or medication is forced from the chamber and out through the orifice by way of the channel.

Abstract: This invention concerns a device for applying a medicated solution on the skin for dermatological treatment. This applicator (10) essentially comprises an elongated tubular component (11) with an internal cavity (12) in which is fitted a piston (18) secured to the end of a piston rod (21) integral with a micrometer screw mechanism (23). A chamber (27) made in the inner cavity (12) between the piston (18) and plug (13) is designed to contain the therapeutic solution which may be taken in or discharged through capillary conduits (14 and 17) of the plug (13) and an applicator end (16). This applicator makes it possible precisely to meter and deposit a predetermined volume of the treatment solution on the exact place to be treated.

Abstract: A cartridge for actuating a piston-like or accordion-like dispenser-vial for applying medicament to an eye. The cartridge includes a housing for holding the dispenser-vial and a telescoping cylinder for compressing the dispenser-vial in the longitudinal direction to actuate the vial. The cartridge includes a locking mechanism for locking the telescoping cylinder to restrict its movement and a trigger mechanism for releasing the cylinder from the locked position so that a drop is released from the dispenser. The housing includes a finger for engaging the lower eyelid and exposing the conjunctival cul de sac.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing blood or blood components from a stoppered vial containing such components. The apparatus comprises a combination of a flexible elongated hollow cone, a unitary cap and a dispensing end. The flexible elongated hollow cone tapers from an inlet end to a dispensing end, each end having external threads. The unitary cap is in threaded engagement with the external threads of the inlet end of the cone, with an internal gasket forming an effective seal between the end of the hollow cone and the interior of the unitary cap. The unitary cap has an axial tubular piercing bayonet extending outwardly therefrom with dimensions suitable for penetration of a stopper on a stoppered vial without coring. The dispensing end terminates in a tip with a fluid channel for the dispensing of droplets of liquid from the tip.

Abstract: A device for dispensing liquids in drop form of substantially uniform size is provided which includes a container having a dropper tip including a passageway for ingress of air to and egress of liquid from the device, the passageway communicating between the container and an orifice in the dropper tip; means for temporarily reducing the volume of the container; and, disposed within the dropper tip, across the passageway, a microporous composite membrane with pores of a size to resist passage of contaminants. The membrane has a liquophilic component which permits delivery of drops of a liquid to a desired location outside the container and a liquophobic component which is adapted to resist the passage of such liquid but to permit the passage therethrough of air. Both the liquophilic and liquophobic components of the membrane (which intersects the passageway) communicate with the passageway.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a movable top that pivots open to expose a recessed dispensing tip and pivots closed to cover and seal the dispensing tip.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a restricted up and down movable top that locks in both open and closed positions and that lifts to uncover an aperture and to expose a recessed dispensing tip which is always maintained below the plane of the aperture and that lowers to cover the aperture and conceal the dispensing tip.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a movable top that rotates to uncover an aperture and to expose a recessed dispensing tip.

Abstract: An eyedrop delivery system for administering eyedrops to at least one eye of a user, wherein the system comprises a fluid reservoir for holding a supply of eyedrop fluid, a tube for conducting eyedrop fluid from the fluid reservoir to at least one eye of the user, the tube comprising at least one distal end portion terminating adjacent the at least one eye of the user, fluid driving apparatus for continuously urging eyedrop fluid from the fluid reservoir through the tube toward the at least one distal end portion of the tube, and fluid control apparatus for successively (1) permitting eyedrop fluid to flow freely through the tube so that the eyedrop fluid can begin to exit the at least one distal end portion of the tube, (2) interfering with the flow of eyedrop fluid through the tube so as to prohibit any further eyedrop fluid from exiting the at least one distal end portion of the tube, and so as to cause the eyedrop fluid leaving the at least one distal end portion of the tube to exit the at least one dista

Abstract: An ocular treatment apparatus for applying medicament into an eye has a vial defining a vial cavity for holding medicament. A nozzle is attached over an opening in the vial and is in fluid communication with the vial cavity for releasing drops of medicament. A piston member is suspended within the vial and slideably engaged within the vial cavity for displacing a substantially predetermined volume of medicament through the nozzle for release into the eye.

Abstract: An ocular treatment apparatus for applying medicament into an eye has a vial defining a vial cavity for holding medicament. A nozzle is attached over an opening in the vial and is in fluid communication with the vial cavity for releasing drops of medicament. A piston member is suspended within the vial and slideably engaged within the vial cavity for displacing a substantially predetermined volume of medicament through the nozzle for release into the eye.

Abstract: An application for liquid ophthalmic solution is provided which has a laterally protruding spout and a resiliently flexible wall portion. Application of ophthalmic solution to the eye is performed by placing the tip of the nozzle on the lower eyelid and by applying pressure to the flexible wall portion, whereupon the ophthalmic solution flows directly into the eye.

Abstract: An eyelid opener is useful for opening a person's eye in order to dispense an ophthalmic fluid into the eye. The eyelid opener comprises a collar having internal lobes arranged to enable the collar to be screwed onto the threads of an ophthalmic bottle. A shoulder extends across the collar and limits the engagement of the collar on the bottle threads. The bottle tip passes through a hole in the shoulder. To the collar are joined a pair of flexible wings. The two wings terminate in respective flanges sized and shaped to conform to substantially the length of the exteriors of the human eyelids. The wings can be squeezed together and placed on the eyelids. Releasing the wings causing them to return to their undeflected configurations and thereby open the eye. Then a drop of fluid in the bottle can be dispensed into the open eye.

Abstract: A unit dose dispenser for dispensing a composition includes a compressible, air filled container in communication with an open end of a tube filled with the composition. The opposite end of the tube through which the composition is dispensed is sealed with a removable closure cap to maintain sterility of the composition prior to use. By removing the cap and applying external pressure to compress the container, air is forced to enter the tube and eject, by displacement, composition from the tube. To completely eject the predetermined dosage that completely fills the tube, the volume of air or other gaseous propellant within the compressible container is greater than the volume of the unit dose.

Abstract: A disposable unit- or multi-dose liquid dispensing container device, particularly adapted for delivery of ophthalmic liquid medicament in the form of discrete droplets to the eye. The structural configuration of the device including an angularly offset leading end permits the user to employ a free hand for manipulation of the eyelid to enhance reception of the discharge opening of the dispenser into the conjunctival cul-de-sac while at the same time, enabling the user to look directly into a wall-mounted mirror for accurate placement of the medicament. A small capacity reservoir and ease of control of accurate orifice size enables the application of uniform liquid-ejection pressure by the user to deliver droplets of reproducible dosage size with the multi-dose embodiment.

Abstract: An ocular delivery system for dispensing liquid eye treatment solution includes an eyecup to be placed over the eye to be treated, a system for forming a crescent shaped mist of treatment solution, and a system for collecting used solution without contaminating the source of fresh solution. The delivery system further includes an integral lid retractor for retracting the upper eyelid during treatment. The system is safe and easy to use as well as hygienic.

Abstract: This invention features a bottle for dispensing liquids to an eye. The bottle preferably comprises sterile liquid, has tube portions extending into and out of the bottle, with the outer portion of this tube being flexible, and lying at an acute angle to the axis of the bottle.

Abstract: An improved eye drop applicator is provided for an eye dropper vial consisting of a cup having a lip portion to fit around an eyeball to keep the eye lid open. A sleeve has an internally threaded passageway extending from the apex of the cup. The internally threaded passageway is removably connected to an externally threaded neck of the eye dropper vial. The user can squeeze the eye dropper vial to direct an eye drop from a nozzle of the eye dropper vial onto the center of the eyeball.

Abstract: An application for liquid ophthalmic solution is provided which has a laterally protruding spout and a resiliently flexible wall portion. Application of ophthalmic solution to the eye is performed by placing the tip of the nozzle on the lower eyelid and by applying pressure to the flexible wall portion, whereupon the ophthalmic solution flows directly into the eye.

Abstract: An ocular treatment apparatus for applying medicament into an eye has an inner housing member with an eyepiece on a free end thereof. The eyepiece defines an opening in one end thereof, and the opening has a peripheral edge shaped for engagement with the facial tissue surrounding an eye. A body portion of the inner housing member is coupled to the eyepiece and is dimensioned to receive a vial of medicament for application to the eye. An outer housing member of the apparatus has an open free end, which is slidably engaged over the inner housing member. The outer housing member has a displacement rod that projects inwardly from a closed end thereof in the axial direction of the apparatus. The displacement rod is engageable with a flexible vial supported within the body portion of the inner housing member. The displacement rod flexes the vial inwardly to dispense medicament therefrom into an eye.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dropper tip suitable for dispensing small-volume droplets of fluid with a minimum drop-to-drop volumetric variation. The dropper tip includes a minimum-surface dispensing tip and a similar minimum-surface interior configuration that minimizes the surface area available at the entry port of the dispenser tip for the aggregation or adhesion of bubbles. In the preferred embodiment, the minimum-surface configuration allows for uniform drop formation at the tip whether or not the dropper is in a vertically inverted or inclined position when dispensing. The interior configuration likewise minimizes the surface area available for air bubbles to congregate or adhere and thereby minimizes the probability of an air bubble reentering the dropper tip when dispensing the second or subsequent drop. A cap effects sealing on a surface other than the tip so that repeated capping and uncapping will not degrade the minimum-surface rim.

Abstract: An improved miniscule fluid volume dispenser tip including a tube having an elongated constant diameter small bore disposed at the outlet end thereof with a fluid reservoir disposed at the opposite internal end thereof, the outlet end of the dispenser tip being sharply cut away to reduce surface area to which the dispensed liquid may be attach.

Abstract: An improved drop dispenser comprised of a container having a threaded cap and a drop nozzle/impeller assembly positioned inside said container. The cap has a receiving orifice which receives and engages the end of drop nozzles so that when the cap is removed by unscrewing, the nozzle/impeller assembly is rotated to stir the contents of the container.

Abstract: A package for shipping, storing and controlled dispensing of a unit or single use quantity of liquid comprises a pair of flexible, liquid-impermeable sheets superposed one over the other. Each of the sheets comprises a first substantially rectangular section and a second substantially rectangular section, having different widths, and a transition section interconnecting the other two sections. One of the sheets has a recess formed therein which defines a pocket receivable of a unit or single use quantity of liquid. The other sheet defines a cover extending across and covering the recess. The recess also includes a portion defining an elongated and narrow spout extending outwardly of the pocket. The sheets are hermetically sealed to one another about their periphery completely about the recess. The "seal" may be manually peeled back in the region of the spout to open the package.

Abstract: An occular treatment apparatus for applying liquid medicament from a reservoir is provided. The apparatus includes a tubular housing with a first open end adapted to conform to the shape of the facial area surrounding the eye socket. The housing is constructed and arranged to receive, hold and position a reservoir containing the liquid medicament. A sighting opening is included on the housing to properly orient the eye and distract the user from the drops of liquid medicament to be introduced into the eye. An eyelid displacement mechanism is supported on the first open end of the housing at a position diametrically opposed to the sighting opening. The displacement mechanism is adapted to evert the lower eyelid and expose the cul de sac.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable, handheld eyewash dispenser for discharging an eyewash liquid. The eyewash dispenser includes a housing and an expandable rubber bladder mounted in the housing. The housing and the rubber bladder conjointly define a chamber for accommodating the eyewash liquid therein. A propellant cartridge containing a propellant under pressure is mounted in the rubber bladder. A pressure valve responsive to a predetermined pressure of the eyewash liquid is mounted in the housing. A release mechanism is provided for acting on the propellant cartridge for discharging the propellant therefrom to inflate and expand the bladder thereby imparting pressure to the eyewash liquid causing the latter to be expressed through a nozzle. The housing is configured to permit the user to comfortably grasp the dispenser in one hand.

Abstract: A one-piece, blow molded pipette for dispensing precise volumetric quantities of fluid. The pipette includes a strategically positioned overflow reservoir and is uniquely configured so as to precisely control the flow paths of air and fluid within the pipette so as to positively preclude the accidental dispensing of a volumetric quantity of fluid greater than the volume of the tubular portion of the device.

Abstract: An elongated sleeve member having an upper open end and a lower open end, and with an annular flange extending radially outwardly from adjacent the open lower end is affixed to an elongated stem member in a substantially vertical orientation for immersion in a liquid substance held in a vial. A sleeve-like surface extending between the open ends of the elongated sleeve member, and a surface defining the lower end of the sleeve and an outwardly extending annular flange provide means to remove a consistent quantity of a liquid substance, such as a liquid allergenic agent, from a storage vessel or vial, and to transfer the liquid to a receiving scarifier structure, such as a cluster of multiple scarifier points. The outer periphery and upper surface of the flange provide a means for carrying excess liquid, and the flange provides for wiping the excess liquid from the sleeve member and flange prior to dispensing a desired quantity of liquid allergenic agent onto a cluster of scarifier points.

Abstract: A sealed, disposable pocket-size package for an eye-rinsing liquid comprises a flexible plastic bottle containing the liquid. The bottle includes a neck that is closed by a cap welded thereto. One end of the cap communicates with a connector for a liquid discharge tube that is located within the bottle, and the other end of the cap defines a liquid sprinkle member which extends into a cup-shaped eye bowl that is integral with the cap. The eye bowl is shaped to define an open mouth and includes a liquid drainage hole in a bottom wall of the bowl. The open mouth of the eye bowl is sealed closed by a cover that is tearably welded thereto, the cover including an integral plug which extends from the inner surface of the cover across the bowl into the drainage hole to also close the drainage hole.

Abstract: A battery operated eyewash system is disclosed which includes a liquid spraying device operable by rechargeable batteries through a spring loaded slideable switch, in combination with a hood secured to the liquid spraying device. The liquid spraying device further includes a nozzle which extends in an opening in the front of the hood for spraying liquid into the eye or eyes of a user when the user positions the face in the opening. The slideable switch is operable through a switch actuating mechanism having an operating knob extending through the front of the hood so as to be readily accessible to the user.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a device which in a preferred embodiment thereof includes a pair of spaced-apart eye-bathable water-outlets adjustable of both the distance spaced-apart and the positioning between vertical and horizontal of the pair, with the water-outlets being of diverging conical shape having outer circumscribing walls thereof of substantially oval shape, water-conducting conduit structure, being of polyvinyl chloride plastic to a major extent, and the water-inlet thereof being mateable on any one of faucets of diverse shapes and structures by virtue of the water-inlet end being or including a flexible multi-purpose mating structure.

Abstract: A dispensing device adapted to be attached to a container having a fluid-dispensing opening through which fluid is to be controllably dispensed into an eye of a user wherein the dispensing device includes an attaching member which is adapted to be operatively coupled to the exterior of the container and positioned with the fluid-dispensing opening extending in a predetermined direction therefrom and a support member including a first end which is operatively coupled to the attaching member and a second opposed end which is located in a predetermined direction and which extends beyond the fluid-dispensing opening wherein the second opposed end terminates in a curvilinear, blade-like everting member having an outer ribbed edge which is adapted to be positioned against the outer skin below the lower eyelid and over a portion of the bone structure defining the eye socket of a user wherein the outer ribbed edge is capable of being urged against the bone structure with the skin therebetween to urge the skin in a do

Abstract: A unit dose applicator for liquid ophthalmic medicaments in solution or suspension has an elongated housing for the medicament; at one end of the housing there is an opening for at least partially emptying the contents of the housing; at the other end of the housing is a second opening; and the second opening is capped by a diaphragm-like seal having a sufficient displacement potential to exude only 1 to 4 drops of the medicament.