Per kilo doser

• US 6,413,241 B1
• Filed: 03/31/2000
• Issued: 07/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Scientific Technologies Incorporated (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Agency For Science Technology and Research (Government of Singapore)
• Inventors: Slishman, Samuel
• Primary Examiner(s): MENDEZ, MANUEL A
• Application Number:
  US09/541,023
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 604/408, 604/186, 604/185, 604/181, 604/207, 604/212, 604/217, 604/298, 738/64, 738/641.1
• US Class Current: 604/186
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/00 Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3125 specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3129 Syringe barrels A61M5/3205 and A61M5/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31525 Dosing burettes, pipettes B01L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 19/00 Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups

Abstract

The present invention provides a syringe comprising a syringe barrel having a plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia thereon. The present invention also provides a container comprising: at least one chamber; a plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia on the at least one chamber; and an opening control device in the at least one chamber for allowing liquid contained in the at least one chamber to be withdrawn from the at least one chamber.

Claims

1. A container comprising:

at least one chamber;

a plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia on said at least one chamber; and

an opening control device in said at least one chamber for allowing liquid contained in said at least one chamber to be withdrawn from said at least one chamber.

2. The container of claim 1, wherein said opening control device comprises a needle receiving section for being penetrated by a syringe needle.

3. The container of claim 1, wherein said opening control device comprises an opening and a covering material for sealing said opening and for being penetrated by a syringe needle.

4. The container of claim 1, wherein said plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia comprise numeric indicia.

5. The container of claim 1, wherein said plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia comprise a plurality of color indicia.

6. The container of claim 1, wherein said plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia comprise a plurality of weight indicia.

7. The container of claim 1, wherein said plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia comprise a plurality of age indicia.

8. The container of claim 1, wherein said plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia comprise a plurality of height indicia.

9. The container of claim 1, wherein said at least one chamber has a rectangular cross-section.

10. The container of claim 1, wherein said at least one chamber is tapered.

11. The container of claim 1, wherein said at least one chamber is right-triangularly tapered.

12. The container of claim 1, wherein said at least one chamber comprises a plurality of chambers.

13. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprise modular chambers.

14. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprises a rectangular block of chambers.

15. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprises a right-triangularly tapered block of chambers.

16. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprises a solid cylinder of chambers.

17. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprises a hollow cylinder of chambers.

18. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprises a solid cone of chambers.

19. The container of claim 12, wherein said plurality of chambers comprises a hollow cone of chambers.

20. The container of claim 8, further comprising a recalibration means for adjusting the location of said plurality of non-volumetric measuring indicia with respect to said at least one chamber.