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Medicament dispensing device

  • US 4,274,550 A
  • Filed: 05/07/1979
  • Issued: 06/23/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A low cost throwaway medicament dispensing device characterized by structural integrity for dispensing a medicament to a user in a time controlled manner so as to discourage the taking of an overdose of the medicament by the user without interfering with the dispensing of a prescribed amount of the medicament comprising:

  • housing means having a medicament disposed therein, said housing means comprising a unitary integral structure characterized by integrity against access to the interior thereof;

    feed means interior of said housing means for feeding said medicament from said container to said user;

    guide means interior of said housing for guiding said medicament, said guide means comprising a pair of grooves for receiving said feed means as said feed means feeds said medicament;

    drive means exterior of said housing means for driving said feed means; and

    transmission means between said drive means and said feed means for feeding a lethal dose of said medicament to said user over a time frame of from about 1 to 5 minutes thereby allowing sufficient time to discourage the user from taking said lethal dose.

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