Multi-dose delivery system

• US 8,333,729 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2010
• Issued: 12/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polybiotics, LLC
• Original Assignee: Polybiotics, LLC
• Inventors: Hylton, William H., Hanlon, Douglas, Mata, Vincent III, Lehman, Adam, Discher, George L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Berdichevsky, Aarti B
• Application Number:
  US12/755,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20100256554A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 604/58, 604/60, 604/61, 604/62, 433/89, 433/90
• US Class Current: 604/58
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/063 Medicament applicators for teeth or gums, e.g. treatment with fluorides
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 5/60 Devices specially adapted for pressing or mixing capping or filling materials, e.g. amalgam presses
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31 Details

Abstract

According to some embodiments, an apparatus may deliver a medication that comprises a multi-dose syringe, a multi-dose medication storage unit coupled to the multi-dose syringe, and a trigger mechanism. The multi-dose medication storage is to comprise a plurality of pre-loaded doses of a medication where the medication is in powder form. Moreover, the trigger mechanism is to facilitate delivery of one or more of the plurality of doses of the medication from the multi-dose medication storage unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus to deliver a medication comprising:

a multi-dose handle member;

a multi-dose medication storage unit removably coupled to the multi-dose handle member, the multi-dose medication storage unit comprising a plurality of pre-loaded doses of a medication, wherein the multi-dose medication storage unit comprises a first channel with a flexible delivery plunger and a separate, non-contiguous second channel with said medication and a medication feeding member configured to feed the medication through the second channel, said first and second channels merging at a common tip configured to dispense medication supplied from said second channel via said flexible delivery plunger contained in said first channel; and

a trigger mechanism to facilitate delivery of one or more of the plurality of doses of the medication from the multi-dose medication storage unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medication is in a powder form.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the trigger mechanism comprises an anti-reverse mechanism.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multi-dose apparatus comprises a duck bill valve at a treatment end of the multi-dose apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a visual indicator to determine a number of delivered doses.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second channel comprises a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the second portion comprises a radius that is greater than a radius of the first portion.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said medication feeding member is an auger.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first counting mechanism to count a number of delivered doses.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first counting mechanism is to prevent the apparatus from functioning after a preset number of doses have been delivered.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first counting mechanism is reset upon replacement of the multi-dose medication storage unit.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a second counting mechanism to count a number of multi-dose medication storage units associated with the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second counting mechanism is to prevent the apparatus from functioning after a preset number of multi-dose medication storage units have been associated with the apparatus.