Medication delivery, dosing and safety devices, systems and kits

• US 8,663,177 B1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ANAL-Gesic LLC
• Original Assignee: ANAL-Gesic LLC
• Inventors: Fogel, Barry S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Deak, Leslie
• Assistant Examiner(s): SASS, SARA A
• Application Number:
  US13/786,905
• Time in Patent Office: 363 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 604/290
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/04 shaped as gloves or finger-stalls or other special holding ways, e.g. by the tongue
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/005 where the brushing material is not made of bristles, e.g. sponge, rubber or paper
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00889 antimicrobial, disinfectant
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00893 pharmaceutically effective
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/00 Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/20 Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/40 Packages or dispensers
• 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 37/00 Other apparatus for introducing media into the body for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin salt baths A61H33/04

Abstract

Embodiments described herein generally relate to improved devices, systems, kits, products and methods related to topical medicament application of measured dosages. The kits and devices can single use and/or disposable for example.

Claims

1. A kit comprising at least two separate compartments, a first compartment comprising a reservoir that comprises a single application dosage of a topical medicament and a second compartment comprising either a single lumen glove configured to cover a single digit or two digits of a hand of a user or a dual lumen glove configured to cover two digits of the hand of the user,

wherein the single lumen glove comprises a skirt portion attached to the proximal end of the glove lumen, which skirt has a circumference at its proximal end that is greater than the circumference of the proximal end of the glove lumen;

wherein the dual lumen glove comprises a skirt portion at its proximal end having a circumference at its proximal end that is greater than that of the smallest closed curve that would encompass the proximal ends of both lumens;

wherein the skirt covers at least a portion of the hand of the user that is adjacent to an inserted digit or digits,

wherein the single or dual lumen glove is packaged such that when the second compartment is opened a portion of its proximal end is presented and available to be grasped without contacting a distal portion of the glove, and

wherein the kit is configured for a single use prior to disposal.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the reservoir comprises only an amount of medication that does not exceed an amount that can be safely given.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein the reservoir comprises an amount of medicament that is efficacious for a medical condition suffered by a patient.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein the medicament comprises an agent selected from the group consisting of a hormone, an antibiotic, an anesthetic, an antiseptic, an anti-microbial, an anti-impotence medication, an anti-inflammatory medication, an antihistamine, an anti-allergy medication, an anti-pain medicament, an analgesic, an acne medication, an anti-wrinkle or anti-aging compound, a hair dye, a moisturizer, a growth hair or skin growth promoter, and a cleanser.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein the medicament is a medicament for treating a medical condition of the anal region or vaginal region of a patient.

6. The kit of claim 5, wherein the medical condition of the anal region is pruritus ani, anal pain, an anal fissure, an anal itch, a hemorrhoid, anal neoplasm, anal inflammation, a sexually transmitted disease or an anal infection;

or wherein the medical condition of the vaginal region is an infection, a vaginal itch, vaginitis, a vaginal sexually transmitted disease, or a vaginal cancer.

7. The kit of claim 5, wherein the medication comprises one or more of nitroglycerin, diltiazem, doxazosin, other calcium channel blockers, and other alpha adrenergic blocking drugs.

8. The kit of claim 1, wherein the glove substantially covers at least the distal and middle phalanges of either or both of the index finger or the middle finger, at least the distal, middle and proximal phalanges of either or both of the index finger or the middle finger, or the entire finger including and distal to the metacarpophalangeal joint of a single finger, the thumb, or two adjacent fingers.

9. The kit of claim 1, wherein the kit is configured such that upon opening the second compartment, the portion of its proximal end that is presented and available to be grasped comprises a portion of the proximal end of the skirt, which can be grasped by the user in order to remove the glove from the compartment without the user having to contact the outside of a distal portion of the glove.

10. The kit of claim 1, wherein the kit comprises a packaging, and one or both of the packaging and the glove is biodegradable and/or suitable for flushing down a toilet.

11. The kit of claim 1, wherein the second compartment is configured to open and present at least a portion of the of the proximal end of the glove or the proximal end of the skirt, which can be grasped by a user to put the glove onto the digit(s) of the user without contacting the distal portion of the glove that is used to apply a medicament.

12. The kit of claim 1, wherein the at least two compartments at least partially share at least one wall.

13. The kit of claim 12, wherein the at least partially shared wall comprises one or more of the dividing edge of dual compartment foil or plastic pouch, the shared wall of each of the two separate compartments, a removable or openable lid of the reservoir and a wall of the compartment comprising the glove, a removable or openable lid of the reservoir compartment and a wall of the compartment comprising the glove, a removable or openable lid of the compartment comprising the glove and a wall of the reservoir compartment, and a lid of either or both of reservoir compartment and the compartment comprising the glove.

14. The kit of claim 1, wherein the reservoir is configured to permit a digit of the user to remove a dosage of the medicament by dipping and/or scraping, and/or is configured to expel the medicament onto the gloved digit upon the application of force to the reservoir.

15. A method of applying a medicament, comprising providing a kit according to claim 1;

opening the kit compartment comprising the glove;

putting the glove onto a single digit of the hand of the user;

contacting the distal portion of a gloved finger with an amount of the medicament from the reservoir, and applying with the distal portion of the gloved finger a single application dosage of the medicament to a region of the body of a patient that is to be treated.

16. A product comprising a plurality of the kits according to claim 1.

17. The kit of claim 1, wherein the glove is a single lumen glove.

18. The kit of claim 1, wherein the skirt expands radially to its proximal edge.

19. The kit of claim 6, wherein the medicament is a medicament for treatment of an anal condition.

20. The kit of claim 6, wherein the medicament is a medicament for treatment of a vaginal condition.

21. The kit of claim 1, wherein the medicament is a medicament for treating a medical condition of the eye.