Collapsible ampoules

• US 3,340,869 A
• Filed: 07/20/1964
• Issued: 09/12/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Arthur Bane
• Original Assignee: Arthur Bane
• Inventors: Bane, Arthur
• Application Number:
  US04/383,777
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• US Class Current: 600/578
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/00 Medical syringes, e.g. enemata; Irrigators A61M5/00 takes precedence; pistons A61M5/315
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/178 Syringes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/282 by compression of deformable ampoule or carpule wall
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/03 Medical
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/90 Collapsible wall structure

Claims

6. AN AMPOULE IN THE FORM OF A TRANSLUCENT COLLAPSIBLE CONCERTINA-TYPE BELLOWS PROVIDED AT ONE END WITH A MOUNTING FOR HYPODEMIC NEEDLE, SAID MOUNTING BEING FORMED WITH AN INTERIOR DUCT FOR CONNECTING THE INTERIOR OF SAID BELLOWS TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID NEEDLE, AND AT THE OTHER END WITH AN OPERATING STUD, SAID BELLOWS INCLUDING A CONTAINER PORTION LOCATED ADJACENT SAID DUCTED MOUNTING AND ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF A LIQUID MEDICAMENT AND A SUCTION-PRODUCING PORTION LOCATED BETWEEN SAID CONTAINER PORTION AND SAID OPERATING STUD AND SAID SUCTION-PRODUCING PORTION BEING COLLAPSIBLE UNDER AN AXIAL COMPRESSION FORCE WHICH IS LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED TO COLLAPSE SAID CONTAINER PORTION AND HAVING AN INHERENT RESILIENT BIAS YIELDINGLY OPPOSING EXPANSION THEREOF AFTER BEING COLLAPSED AND COLLAPSE THEREOF AFTER BEING EXPANDED.