Oral Dosing Device and Method
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1. An oral dosing device comprising:
- a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior space defined between the first end and the second end;
a medicine cartridge disposed within the housing and having a movable plunger at least partially disposed within the medicine cartridge;
a flexibly compliant oral applicator tip positioned at the distal end and shaped to slidably engage an inner surface of a mouth, wherein a fluid conduit defined in the distal end extends from the medicine cartridge to a distal port of the flexibly compliant oral applicator tip;
a dosage selector device positioned along the housing, the dosage selector device being configured to receive manual user selection and configured to display a value indicative of a selected dosage amount;
a dose activator positioned along the housing and being different from the dosage selector device, wherein in response to user actuation of the dose activator relative to the housing, the moveable plunger is displaced by a distance based on the selected dosage amount displayed by the dosage selector.
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Abstract
The subject matter of this specification describes, among other things, devices and processes for providing measured doses of oral medication to patients, such as infants or other vulnerable patients.
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1. An oral dosing device comprising:
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a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior space defined between the first end and the second end; a medicine cartridge disposed within the housing and having a movable plunger at least partially disposed within the medicine cartridge; a flexibly compliant oral applicator tip positioned at the distal end and shaped to slidably engage an inner surface of a mouth, wherein a fluid conduit defined in the distal end extends from the medicine cartridge to a distal port of the flexibly compliant oral applicator tip; a dosage selector device positioned along the housing, the dosage selector device being configured to receive manual user selection and configured to display a value indicative of a selected dosage amount; a dose activator positioned along the housing and being different from the dosage selector device, wherein in response to user actuation of the dose activator relative to the housing, the moveable plunger is displaced by a distance based on the selected dosage amount displayed by the dosage selector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling an oral dosing device, comprising:
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receiving user input at a dosage selector of a handheld oral dosing device, the user input being indicative of a selected dosage amount to be dispensed from a medicine cartridge mounted in a housing of the handheld oral dosing device, wherein the selected dosage amount is displayed by the oral dosing device in response to the user input; in response to user actuation of a dose activator positioned along the housing of the handheld oral dosing device, driving a moveable plunger forwardly within the medicine cartridge housed within the handheld oral dosing device by a longitudinal distance defined by the user input of indicative of the selected dosage amount; and causing the selected dosage amount of medicinal fluid to dispense from the medicine cartridge, through a fluid conduit extending from the medicine cartridge to a distal port of a flexibly compliant oral applicator tip of the handheld oral dosing device, and into a mouth adjacent to the flexibly compliant oral applicator tip. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of using an oral dosing device, comprising:
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inserting a flexibly compliant oral applicator tip of a handheld oral dosing device into a mouth of an infant while grasping the handheld oral dosing device with a single hand; manually adjusting with the single hand a dosage selector of the handheld oral dosing device to select a dosage amount of a narcotic fluid to be dispensed from a medicine cartridge mounted in a housing of the handheld oral dosing device, wherein the selected dosage amount is displayed by the oral dosing device; and actuating with the single hand a dose activator positioned along the housing of the handheld oral dosing device while flexibly compliant oral applicator tip of the handheld oral dosing device is positioned in the mouth of the infant so that the selected dosage amount of the narcotic fluid is dispensed from the medicine cartridge, through a fluid conduit extending from the medicine cartridge to a distal port of the flexibly compliant oral applicator tip of the handheld oral dosing device, and into the mouth of the infant. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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