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Medication dispensing apparatus

  • US 5,300,042 A
  • Filed: 03/02/1992
  • Issued: 04/05/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medication dispensing apparatus comprising:

  • a liquid container having an open end;

    a cap assembly engagably removable from the open end of said container comprising;

    an external cap having a lower end;

    an inner fixing means adapted to be fitted into the open end of said liquid container and connected to the lower end of said external cap;

    a dropper means, for dispensing liquid, connected through said inner fixing means and having a fluid passageway;

    activation means for aspirating liquid from the container into the dropper means comprising;

    a piston mounted in sliding relationship within said fluid passageway of said dropper means and having a first position at the lower end of said fluid passageway and a second position at the upper end of said fluid passageway; and

    actuating means disposed within said external cap and connected to said piston means for advancing and retracting said piston within said fluid passageway thereby aspirating liquid from said container when said piston is retracted from its first position to its second position;

    said apparatus further comprising an automatic counter means disposed within said external cap and engaging a portion of said container for counting the number of times the cap assembly is disengaged from the liquid container.

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