Eye-drops application device
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1. A device for administering eyedrops from an eyedropper dispenser, said device comprising a frame including:
- a first annular closed ring member means configured to fit around the orbit of an eye of a user for supporting and adjusting the angle of inclination of the frame in the socket of the eye to achieve a desired angle about the eye out of the vertical for dispensing eyedrops into the eye when the user'"'"'s head is in a tilted-back position other than a prone position, said first ring member means being disposed in a first plane;
a second annular closed ring member means for supporting an eyedropper dispenser while drops are dispensed into said eye, said second ring member means allowing variable angular adjustment of said dispenser when the user'"'"'s head is in other than a horizontal back-prone position, said second ring member means being disposed in a second plane, said second plane being disposed at an acute angle with respect to said first plane, such that said first and second ring members are in a spaced-apart angularly inclined configuration with respect to each other;
a rigid handle member means connected to and extending from said first ring member means, said handle member means extending in said first plane of said first ring member means, for allowing a user to adjust said first ring member means in the socket of the eye to achieve said desired angle about the eye; and
at least two discrete rod connecting members connected to said first and second ring member means for maintaining said first and second ring member means in said spaced-apart angularly inclined configuration.
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Abstract
Device for administering eye drops from an eye dropper bottle comprising a frame having a first ring member configured to fit around an eye of a person, and a second ring member for supporting the eye dropper bottle while drops are dispensed from the bottle into the eye. The frame includes at least two discrete connecting rods connected to the first and second ring members for maintaining the ring members in a fixed spaced-apart configuration with respect to each other. To reduce the risk of contaminating the drops, the device is configured so that there is no surface of the device which is contactable by drops entering the eye. A handle may be connected to the second ring member for facilitating handling of the device.
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1. A device for administering eyedrops from an eyedropper dispenser, said device comprising a frame including:
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a first annular closed ring member means configured to fit around the orbit of an eye of a user for supporting and adjusting the angle of inclination of the frame in the socket of the eye to achieve a desired angle about the eye out of the vertical for dispensing eyedrops into the eye when the user'"'"'s head is in a tilted-back position other than a prone position, said first ring member means being disposed in a first plane; a second annular closed ring member means for supporting an eyedropper dispenser while drops are dispensed into said eye, said second ring member means allowing variable angular adjustment of said dispenser when the user'"'"'s head is in other than a horizontal back-prone position, said second ring member means being disposed in a second plane, said second plane being disposed at an acute angle with respect to said first plane, such that said first and second ring members are in a spaced-apart angularly inclined configuration with respect to each other; a rigid handle member means connected to and extending from said first ring member means, said handle member means extending in said first plane of said first ring member means, for allowing a user to adjust said first ring member means in the socket of the eye to achieve said desired angle about the eye; and at least two discrete rod connecting members connected to said first and second ring member means for maintaining said first and second ring member means in said spaced-apart angularly inclined configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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Current AssigneeWilliam Franklin Jr. Murphy
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Original AssigneeWilliam Franklin Jr. Murphy
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InventorsMurphy, William F.
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Primary Examiner(s)Rosenbaum, C. Fred
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Assistant Examiner(s)KRUTER, JEROME
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Application NumberUS06/845,948Time in Patent Office498 DaysField of Search16/114 R, 222/192, 222/212, 222/215, 222/420, 604/290, 604/293-295, 604/297, 604/300-302US Class Current604/300CPC Class CodesA61F 9/0026 Ophthalmic product dispense...
