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Single use vial

  • US 4,502,616 A
  • Filed: 01/04/1982
  • Issued: 03/05/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a single use, non-reclosable vial having a squeezable closed body, an intermediate neck and an initially closed dispensing nozzle, said vial containing a medicated or non-medicated solution to be administered to a patient for respiratory therapy;

  • the improvement which comprises;

    (a) said nozzle having a circular cross-section and a diameter sized to fit snugly in the medication port of a Bird nebulizer and into the inner solution-receiving port of standard tracheal and endotracheal devices;

    (b) said neck including a cylindrical flange having a diameter larger than the medication port of a Bird nebulizer;

    (c) said cylindrical flange being connected to the lower substantially cylindrical portion of said neck adjacent the body of said vial by an intermediate transition channel of reduced diameter; and

    (d) said lower substantially cylindrical portion of the neck having a circular cross-section and a diameter larger than said reduced diameter and such that it fits snugly within the internal diameter of standard tracheal and endotracheal devices.

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