Eye injury treatment station

• US 6,976,279 B1
• Filed: 08/08/2003
• Issued: 12/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Berke-Tec Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Berke-Tec Incorporated
• Inventors: Berke, Joseph J., Rhodes, Alex, Michael, Charles T.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN N
• Application Number:
  US10/637,077
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 460/2, 460/3, 4615-617, 461/9, 462/1, 462/5, 463/0, 239/16, 239/128, 239/146, 239/333, 239/335, 239/355, 239/360, 239/373, 239/375, 604/294, 604/295
• US Class Current: 4/620
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 35/02 for the eyes

Abstract

A portable stand alone treatment station for eyes which have been exposed to corrosive liquids, noxious gases and foreign objects. An eye washing fluid reservoir and one or more applicators are mounted on a two-wheel cart. The eye washing fluid in the reservoir is stored under pressure to discharge the eye washing fluid from the applicator when a resiliently biased valve is opened. The tank is pressurized by a hand pump mounted in the tank or through a valve in a wall of the tank. The portability of the station allows it to be relocated on an as needed basis or to be transported to an injured person and carried in a vehicle.

Claims

1. An eye injury treatment station comprising:

a reservoir for storing an eye washing fluid, said reservoir having a manual means for pressurizing said eye washing fluid in the interior of said reservoir, an eye washing fluid in the interior of said reservoir;

at least one hand held applicator at a remote location from said reservoir, said applicator connected to said reservoir with a flexible elongated tube for retracting an eyelid and spraying said eye washing fluid into an injured eye of a person who is standing or laying in a horizontal position;

an elongated flexible tube of sufficient length for connecting said remote applicator to said reservoir and positioning said applicator adjacent to said injured eye; and

a cart for transporting said reservoir, said applicator and said flexible tube;

said cart having a frame and a pair of wheels.

2. The eye injury treatment station recited in claim 1 wherein said reservoir comprises a tank and a pressure gauge mounted in said tank.

3. The eye injury treatment station recited in claim 1 further comprising a cabinet attached to said cart for storing eye treatment substances.

4. The eye treatment station recited in claim 1 further comprising a means for retaining said reservoir to said cart comprising a bracket on a frame, a chain and a padlock.

5. The eye treatment station recited in claim 1 further comprising an antibacterial agent stored in said reservoir.

6. The eye treatment station recited in claim 1 wherein said applicator is a face mask for enclosing at least one eye, said face mask having a housing portion for enclosing said eye and a spray nozzle portion in the interior of said housing portion for spraying said eye washing fluid into said eye and a valve for controlling a discharge of said spray from said spray nozzle portion.

7. The eye treatment station recited in claim 6 further comprising a spray gun.

8. The eye treatment station recited in claim 6 wherein said face mask further comprises a second nozzle portion for spraying said eye washing fluid into a second eye.

9. The eye treatment station recited in claim 8 wherein said face mask further comprises a second valve in said applicator housing for controlling a discharge of said spray from said second nozzle portion.

10. The eye treatment station recited in claim 1 wherein said applicator is a spray gun.

11. The eye treatment station recited in claim 1 further comprising a means for collecting and disposing spent eye washing fluid.

12. The eye treatment station recited in claim 1 further comprising a second applicator for spraying said eye washing fluid into said eye.

13. An eye injury treatment station comprising:

a reservoir for storing an eye washing fluid, said reservoir having a gauge for displaying a pressure in said tank, a hand operated pump mounted in said reservoir for developing said pressure in the interior of said reservoir;

an eye washing fluid stored in said reservoir, said eye washing fluid including an anti-bacterial agent for preventing contamination of said eye washing fluid;

at least one hand held means at a remote location from said reservoir, said hand held means connected to said reservoir for retracting and holding open an eyelid and spraying said eye washing fluid into an eye of an injured person who is lying or is standing;

an elongated flexible tube for connecting said spraying means to said reservoir;

a means for collecting said eye washing fluid after said spraying; and

a cart for transporting said tank, said eye washing fluid, said applicator, and said pump.

14. The eye injury treatment station recited in claim 13 further comprising a cabinet attached to said cart for storing eye medications and eye covering materials.

15. The eye injury treatment station recited in claim 13 wherein said fluid spraying means comprises a mask for enclosing said eye, said mask having a spray nozzle portion for spraying said eye washing fluid into said eye.

16. The eye injury treatment station recited in claim 13 wherein said eye washing fluid spraying means comprises a mask for enclosing said eye, said mask having a nozzle portion in the interior of said mask for spraying said eye washing fluid into said eye;

and a spray gun for optionally spraying said eye washing fluid into said eye.

17. The eye injury treatment station recited in claim 13 wherein said eye washing fluid collecting means comprises a detachable basin attached to said cart for collecting said fluid;

a removable pail for receiving fluid from said basin; and

a flexible tube attached to an outlet portion of said basin for directing said fluid into said pail.