MEDICANT WITHDRAWAL UNIT

• US 3,762,673 A
• Filed: 11/23/1971
• Issued: 10/02/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Helen S. Koslovsky
• Original Assignee: Helen S. Koslovsky
• Inventors: Koslovsky, Helen S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Frankel, Abraham
• Application Number:
  US05/201,419
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 248/146,154,117.7,117.4,187,150,105,102 211/71,74,118,86 108/26,26.2
• US Class Current: 248/154
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/16 Holders for containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2065 having aligning and guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents

Abstract

An insulin withdrawal unit for enabling insulin to be withdrawn from a bottle and injected with one hand. The unit includes a base having a pair of upstanding posts to which the bottle is removably mounted. Also mounted to the base is a container for alcohol sponges, a cradle for supporting a hypodermic syringe, and a pair of arms adapted to bear against the side of a table to restrain the unit against movement on the table.

Claims

1. A portable withdrawal unit for use in withdrawIng medicant, such as insulin, from a bottle through a hypodermic syringe and injecting the medicant using only one hand comprising:

a base adopted to be supported on a table, said base having front, rear and opposed side edges;

support post means having a top wall and a bottom wall, said bottom wall of said post being fixedly secured to said base;

said top wall of said post being provided with a slot that extends downwardly and rearwardly toward the rear edge of said base;

a bar that is removably received in said slot, said bar having upper and lower faces;

resilient clamping means fixedly secured to the lower face of said bar for holding said bottle; and

restraining means secured to said base for engagement against the edge of a table or other support surface for restraining movement of said base when pressure is exerted on the unit in inserting the syringe needle into the mouth of the bottle.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said resilient clamping means comprises a circular base fixedly secured to said bar;

and a plurality of spring clips mounted on said circular base adjacent the edge thereof in an outwardly extending direction.

3. A device as set forth in claim 2 wherein said restraining means comprises a pair of L-shaped arms, each of said arms having a pair of connected legs, and means pivotally connecting one leg of each of said arms to the opposed side edges of said base, whereby the other of said legs may be moved into or out of engagement with the top edge of said table or other support surface.

4. A device as set forth in claim 3 further including a rearwardly extending stabilizer fixedly secured to and extending rearwardly of the rear edge of said base.

5. A device as set forth in claim 3 wherein said support post means comprises a pair of spaced apart posts, each having a top wall and a bottom wall, said bottom walls of said posts being fixedly secured to said base, each of said top walls of said posts being provided with a slot that extends downwardly and rearwardly toward the rear edge of said base, said slots being aligned with respect to each other.

6. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said restraining means comprises a pair of L-shaped arms, each of said arms having a pair of connected legs, and means pivotally connecting one leg of each of said arms to the opposed side edges of said base, whereby the other of said legs may be moved into or out of engagement with the top edge of said table or other support surface.

7. A device as set forth in claim 6 further including a rearwardly extending stabilizer fixedly secured to and extending rearwardly of the rear edge of said base.