Medication Bottle for Use with Oral Syringe
First Claim
1. A method for drawing a dose of liquid oral medication from a bottle into an oral syringe comprising the steps of:
- providing an oral syringe of the type having a syringe barrel terminating in a syringe neck with an orificed blunt end;
providing a medication bottle with a self resealing elastomeric closure normally sealing said bottle and adapted to admit said syringe neck into said bottle while maintaining a substantially liquid tight seal between said closure and said neck;
inserting said blunt orificed end of said syringe neck through said elastomeric closure into said bottle;
inverting said bottle and said syringe such that said orificed end is immersed in liquid medication contained in said bottle;
drawing a dose of said medication into said syringe barrel; and
withdrawing said syringe neck to allow self resealing of said elastomeric closure.
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Abstract
An oral syringe of the type having a syringe barrel terminating in a syringe neck with a blunt orificed end is combined with a medication bottle provided with a self resealing elastomeric closure designed for admitting the syringe neck into the bottle while maintaining a sufficient liquid tight seal against the syringe neck to allow a dose of medication to be drawn from the bottle in an inverted condition of the bottle without significant leakage. The elastomeric closure may be initially unbroken and rupturable under urging of the orificed end for passing the syringe neck into the bottle, the closure resealing itself upon withdrawal of the syringe neck.
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1. A method for drawing a dose of liquid oral medication from a bottle into an oral syringe comprising the steps of:
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providing an oral syringe of the type having a syringe barrel terminating in a syringe neck with an orificed blunt end; providing a medication bottle with a self resealing elastomeric closure normally sealing said bottle and adapted to admit said syringe neck into said bottle while maintaining a substantially liquid tight seal between said closure and said neck; inserting said blunt orificed end of said syringe neck through said elastomeric closure into said bottle; inverting said bottle and said syringe such that said orificed end is immersed in liquid medication contained in said bottle; drawing a dose of said medication into said syringe barrel; and withdrawing said syringe neck to allow self resealing of said elastomeric closure. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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- 3. In combination, an oral syringe having a syringe barrel terminating in a syringe neck with a blunt orificed end and a medication bottle having a self resealing elastomeric closure, said closure being sized, dimensioned and configured for admitting said orificed end into said bottle while maintaining a substantially liquid tight seal with said syringe neck.
- 6. In a plug for installation in the neck of a medication bottle, said plug having a shell adapted to make retentive sealing engagement with said neck and having a central hole through said shell of reduced diameter relative to said bottle neck, the improvement comprising a self resealing elastomeric closure normally sealing said bottle and adapted to rupture to the blunt ended orificed neck of an oral syringe into said bottle while maintaining a substantially liquid tight seal between said closure and said neck, said elastomeric closure being adapted to self reseal to a substantially liquid tight condition following withdrawal of said neck from said closure.
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