Eye frame ophthalmic drug delivery device

• US 4,573,982 A
• Filed: 11/10/1983
• Issued: 03/04/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
• Original Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
• Inventors: Haslam, John L., Forbes, Alexander E.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/550,427
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: 604/174, 604/294-300, 351/158
• US Class Current: 604/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/0008 Introducing ophthalmic products into the ocular cavity or retaining products therein putting in contact lenses A61F9/0061; introducing or retaining media in cavities of the body in general A61M31/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/0026 Ophthalmic product dispenser attachments to facilitate positioning near the eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/00 Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof G02C7/16 takes precedence

Abstract

This invention relates to an eyeglass frame mounted unit dose ophthalmic drug delivery device. A unit dose of ophthalmic medicament is provided by either a preloaded disposable microsyringe, preloaded disposable tip or manually loaded calibrated microsyringe rigidly mounted on a block which itself is slidably mounted to the eyeglass frame. The device allows for the insertion of ophthalmic medication into the inferior cul de sac of the eye.

Claims

1. A universally adjustable ophthalmic drug delivery device comprising:

(a) a bridge having an adjustable nose piece thereon;

(b) temples hingedly mounted at the ends of the bridge piece for securing said device to a patient'"'"'s ears;

(c) a pair of blocks slidably mounted on the channel portion of said temples;

(d) a pair of syringes slidably mounted, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said temples, on said blocks said syringe ends terminating in the vicinity of the patient'"'"'s eye such that the block and syringe are so adjusted to fit and deliver a dose of ophthalmic medicament to the lower cul-de-sac of the patient'"'"'s eye.

2. The drug delivery device of claim 1 wherein the temples are adjustable to conform to the patients face characteristics.

3. The drug delivery device of claim 1 wherein the temples are comprised of a slidably mounted temple piece and a channel temple into which the slidable temple fits.

4. The drug delivery device of claim 1 wherein the syringe is a throw away type.

5. The drug delivery device of claim 1 wherein the syringe is slidably adjusted within the block and contains a disposable tip.

6. The drug delivery device of claim 1 wherein the block and syringe are adjustable through the use of set screws.