Eye drop applicator

• US 5,007,905 A
• Filed: 02/20/1990
• Issued: 04/16/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: George C. Bauer
• Original Assignee: George C. Bauer
• Inventors: Bauer, George C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yasko, John D.
• Application Number:
  US07/481,634
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• Field of Search: 604/295, 604/296, 604/297, 604/298, 604/299, 604/300, 604/301
• US Class Current: 604/295
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/0026 Ophthalmic product dispenser attachments to facilitate positioning near the eye

Abstract

An improved eye drop applicator is provided for an eye dropper vial consisting of a cup having a lip portion to fit around an eyeball to keep the eye lid open. A sleeve has an internally threaded passageway extending from the apex of the cup. The internally threaded passageway is removably connected to an externally threaded neck of the eye dropper vial. The user can squeeze the eye dropper vial to direct an eye drop from a nozzle of the eye dropper vial onto the center of the eyeball.

Claims

1. An improved eye drop applicator for an eye dropper vial of the type having an externally threaded neck and a nozzle, said improved eye drop applicator comprising:

(a) a cup having a lip portion adapted to fit around an eyeball of a user of said improved eye drop applicator so as to keep the eye lid open;

(b) a sleeve having an internally threaded passageway extending from the apex of said cup, in which said internally threaded passageway is removably connected to the externally threaded neck of the eye dropper vial, so that the user can squeeze the eye dropper vial to direct an eye drop from the nozzle of the eye dropper vial onto the center of the eyeball, said internally threaded passageway of said sleeve having an annular shoulder therein to prevent the tip of the nozzle of the eye dropper vial from penetrating too far into said cup thereby maintaining the nozzle in a desired spaced relationship to the eyeball of the user of said improved eye drop applicator;

(c) an enlarged collar concentrically affixed onto said sleeve to help aid the user of said improved eye drop applicator to removably connect said internally threaded passageway of said sleeve to the externally threaded neck of the eye dropper vial; and

(d) a protective shield having a central aperture and is affixed within said cup with said central aperture directly under the tip of the nozzle of the eye dropper vial, whereby said protective shield will help prevent the eyeball of the user of said improved eye drop applicator from making contact with the tip of the nozzle of the eye dropper vial.