DISPENSER
20230029546 · 2023-02-02
Inventors
Cpc classification
International classification
A61H33/02
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
A dispenser (1) of liquids for medical uses wherein a first membrane body (10) is shaped symmetrically with respect to a first frontal median plane (M) and to a second sagittal median plane (N) intersected in a central axis (A) and is delimited at the top by a dome (12) which is axially delimited by a base portion (12′) and by a top (12″) of given shape; a second body (20) being carried by the first body (10) inside the dome (12) in a position concentric with the axis (A); the second body (20) having a hollow lower portion (22) concentric with the axis (A) and an upper portion (28) engaged by a first and a second duct (280) (280′) terminating in the dome (12), with a first nozzle (2800′) (2800) and a second nozzle (2800′) respectively; each first and second nozzle (2800) (2800′) being arranged between the first frontal median plane (M) and the second sagittal median plane (N).
Claims
1. A gravity feed dispenser (1) of liquid for medical uses wherein a first membrane body (10) has at the top a dome (12) axially delimited by a base portion (12′) and by a top (12″) of given shape provided with a central axis positioned at the intersection of a first frontal median plane (M) and a second sagittal median plane (N); a second body (20) being carried internally by said first body (10); said second body (20) having a hollow lower portion (22) concentric with said central axis (A) and an upper portion (28) engaged by a first duct (280) and by a second duct (280′), both terminating in said dome (12), with a first nozzle (2800) and a second nozzle (2800′) respectively; characterized in that said first and second ducts (280)(280′) have respective terminal sections (2822)(2822′) which terminate in said first and second nozzles (2800)(2800′) with outlet direction which, moving away from said first frontal median plane (M), is distanced point by point from said second sagittal median plane (N) by a length greater than the distance of the corresponding said first and second nozzles (2800)(2800′) from said second sagittal median plane (N).
2. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said first and second nozzles (2800)(2800′) are arranged at the same radial distance from said central axis (A).
3. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that each said first and second duct (280)(280′) have in sequence a first cylindrical portion (2802)(2802′), a trapezoidal narrowing (2820)(2820′) and a substantially cylindrical terminal section (2822)(2822′) inclined with respect to said first frontal median plane (M).
4. The dispenser according to claim 3, characterized in that each said first and second duct (280)(280′) has an intermediate section (2824)(2824′) arranged between said narrowing (2820)(2820′) and said terminal section (2822)(2822′).
5. The dispenser according to claim 4, characterized in that each said terminal section (2822)(2822′) is parallel to said second sagittal median plane (N).
6. The dispenser according to claim 4, characterized in that each said terminal section (2822)(2822′) is inclined with respect to said second sagittal median plane (N).
7. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said top (12″) is faceted and has a central flat portion (120) transversal to said axis (A) and four faces (122)(124) which extend from said flat portion (120) around said axis (A); two first faces (122) of said four faces (122)(124) having the same shape and extension, in addition to being arranged symmetrically with respect to said first frontal median plane (M) and two faces (124) of said four faces (122)(124) having equal shape and extension, in addition to being arranged symmetrically with respect to said second sagittal median plane (N).
8. The dispenser according to claim 7, characterized in that each of said first and second nozzles (2800)(2800′) are obtained in each of said second faces (124) at the back of a respective outer edge.
9. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said upper portion (28) is engaged by a third duct (280″) concentric with said central axis (A); said third duct (280″) terminating in a third nozzle (2800″) obtained in said central flat portion (120).
10. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said third duct (280″) extends inside said lower portion (22); said first, second and third ducts (280)(280′)(280″) extend from said base portion (12′) to said top (12″).
11. The dispenser according to claim 10, characterized in that said upper portion (28) carries a cylindrical portion (27) concentric with said axis (A) and contained inside said lower portion (22) to define with the latter an axial cylindrical guide (270) for an end portion (EP) of a cylindrical supply duct (CC) of said liquid.
12. The dispenser according to claim 11, characterized in that said cylindrical portion (27) has an outer shell (270) provided with two longitudinal grooves (272) coaxial with said first and second ducts (280)(280′) to define, in use, a supply channel (282)(282′) for each said first and second ducts (280)(280′) when said end portion (EP) of said cylindrical duct (CC) couples with said cylindrical guide (270).
13. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said lower portion (22) is hollow and is provided with a central chamber (220) concentric with said axis (A).
14. The dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said lower portion (22) is hollow and is provided with a common central chamber (220′) for feeding said first, second and third ducts (280)(280′)(280″).
15. A dispensing set comprising a bag (S) for medical liquid and provided with a dispensing outlet (BE) for said liquid; a flexible tube (CF) being connected to said dispensing outlet (BE) in a fluid-tight manner; characterized in that said flexible tube (CF) has one end (E) connected to a dispenser (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″, 1″″) according to claim 1.
16. The set according to claim 15, characterized in that said bag contains said medical liquid.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0044] The invention will be better described with reference to some non-limiting embodiments in the attached figures, in which:
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DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
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[0091] The dispenser 1 comprises a first membrane body 10 shaped symmetrically with respect to a first frontal median plane M and a second sagittal median plane N which identify in plan four quadrants I, II, III, IV, in a similar manner to the Cartesian plane of analytical geometry. The indications of these quadrants are shown in boxes in
[0092] To each of the lines of the median planes M and N corresponds an axis of symmetry for the sections transversal to the central axis of the same first body 10, so that overall the dispenser 1 has a geometric conformation compatible with that of the nostrils, therefore suitable to be easily inserted in both and contained by them in a fluid-tight manner. Without conditioning the scope of the present invention, the first membrane body 10 can be made of pressure-deformable plastic material, for example, but not limited to, PVC, silicone or any other material having equivalent mechanical characteristics, or can be made of rigid plastic material, for example, but not limited to, ABS.
[0093] With particular reference to
[0094] The crown 100 is provided with a pair of projections 102 symmetrically opposed with respect to the first frontal median plane M and oriented substantially parallel to the second sagittal median plane N. The presence of these projections 12 is optional for implementation of the dispenser 1 according to the following description.
[0095] The dome 12 is axially delimited by a base portion 12′, in turn delimited by the crown 100, and by a substantially faceted convex apical portion/top 12″ which has a central flat portion 120 transversal to the axis A and four faces that extend from the flat portion 120 around the axis A transversally to the first frontal and second sagittal median planes M and N. Of these four faces, two first faces 122 are opposed, having the same shape and extension, in addition to being arranged symmetrically with respect to the median plane M; two second faces 124 are opposed, having the same shape and extension, in addition to being arranged symmetrically with respect to the second median plane N. With particular reference to
[0096] The second body 20 has a hollow lower portion 22 which is also concentric with the axis A and an upper portion 28 connected to the dome 12. With particular reference to
[0097] The lower portion 22 and upper portion 28 are engaged by a first duct 280 and by a second duct 280′ terminating in the same dome 12 with a first nozzle 2800 and a second nozzle 2800′ respectively where the first nozzle 2800 and the second nozzle 2800′ are respectively arranged between the first frontal median plane M and the second sagittal median plane N at the same radial distance from the central axis A and on planes parallel to the second sagittal median plane N, therefore in a similar manner to the Cartesian plane in the II and IV quadrants in
[0098] Furthermore, the first and the second duct 280/280′ have respective longitudinal axes A280/A280′ which are parallel to the central axis A in addition to being arranged at substantially identical distances from said central axis A; they lie on the plane M throughout the part contained in the lower portion 22 and the first part of the upper portion 28, while the end parts of the first and second ducts 280/280′ are inclined with respect to the first frontal median plane M but lie on planes parallel to the second sagittal median plane N, opening into the respective first and second nozzles 2800/2800′ (
[0099] Further to the above description, the first and second ducts 280/280′ have respective terminal sections 2822/2822′ that terminate in the first and second nozzles 2800/2800′ with outlet direction (shown by a dash-dot line terminating in an arrow in
[0100] Again further to the above description, considering that the two terminal sections 2822 and 2822′ exit from the dome 12 with opposite directions, and that each corresponding jet is emitted by gravity from the nozzles 2800 and 2800′, each jet moves away from the first frontal median plane M/central axis A shaped in a substantially cylindrical manner and, in any case, determined by the cross section of the terminal section 2822/2822′ and by the shape of the nozzle 2800/2800′, while keeping a distance from the second sagittal median plane N, and in particular parallel to the latter, also when the pressure drops due to the progressive decrease in the liquid column contained in the bag S, therefore independently of the current value of the gravity acting on the liquid in the bag S.
[0101] Each of the first and second nozzles 2800/2800′ is obtained in one of the second faces 124 at the back of a respective outer edge, so that they are inclined with respect to the first frontal median plane M, from which they move away towards the top 12″. The terminal sections 2822 and 2822′ of the first duct 280 and second duct 280′ are inclined with respect to the first frontal median plane M but lie on planes parallel to the second sagittal median plane N, so that the jets delivered by the first and second nozzles 2800/2800′ remain parallel to the second sagittal median plane N and are inclined with respect to the first frontal median plane M, from which said jets move away (
[0102] Again with reference to
[0103] The cylindrical portion 27 has an outer shell 271 provided with two longitudinal grooves 272 coaxial with the first and second ducts 280/280′ to define, in use, with the cylindrical body CC installed (an outline of which is visible only in
[0104] The use of the dispenser 1 can be easily understood from the above description and does not require further explanation. However, it may be useful to specify that the first body 10 is shaped to easily treat the nasal cavities; in fact, the dome 12 is shaped to be inserted at least partially inside a nostril to be treated; in this way the external wall of the dome 12 adheres to the internal walls of the nostril, widening them so that the first and the second nozzles 2800 and 2800′ (of the first and second ducts 280 and 280′) and the third nozzle 2800″ are positioned at the inlet of the nasal cavity. With the dome 12 of the dispenser 1 held firm in the position described above, said dispenser 1 can deliver medical liquid in the form of substantially cylindrical jets with filiform dimension. The experimental tests carried out showed that the lateral jets and the central jet remain constantly separate throughout the washing phase and that this situation remains unchanged even when the pressure of the washing liquid drops, considering that the pressure of the liquid is produced exclusively by the force of gravity and therefore by the level difference between the free surface of the liquid contained in the tank and the nozzles described above of the dispenser 1. Without limiting the scope of the present invention, the medical liquid contains physiological solution.
[0105] It may also be useful to specify that, further to the above description, considering that a connection portion of the first and second ducts 280 and 280′ is contained in the lower portion 22 of the second body 20 and has reduced section when the guide 270 is engaged by the cylindrical body CC, in use, the liquid delivered to the first and second ducts 280 and 280′ undergoes, in use, an expansion upstream of the respective first and second nozzles 2800/2800′ and downstream of the portion of the first and second ducts 280/280′ contained in the lower portion 22 of the second body 20.
[0106] Lastly it is clear that variations can be made to the dispenser 1 described and illustrated above without departing from the scope of the present invention.
[0107] For example, with reference to
[0108] The dispenser 1′ differs from the dispenser 1 described above due to the fact that the lower portion 22 is provided with a cylindrical seat 24 which is concentric to the axis A and is delimited at the top by a cylindrical portion with reduced diameter which is at the base of a tapered portion 26 clearly visible in
[0109] It is therefore evident that in said case the jets emitted from the first and second nozzles 2800/2800′ of
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[0111] In particular, in the lower portion 22 and approximately as far as the first half of the upper portion 28, the axes of the first, second and third ducts 280, 280′, 280″ lie arranged on a plane centred on the central axis A but inclined both with respect to the first frontal median plane M and with respect to the second sagittal median plane N, as can be clearly seen in
[0112] Furthermore, considering the upper half of the upper portion 28, the first and the second ducts 280/280′ remain parallel to the axis A and have a section with decreasing section for approximately one third of said part of the upper portion 28. Said section with decreasing section is analogous to the narrowing 2820/2820′ of
[0113] It should be noted that the terminal sections 2822 and 2822′ of the first and second ducts 280/280′ of this embodiment of the present invention proceed towards the top 12″ according to divergent outlet directions, visible in
[0114] In particular, it is useful to specify that terminal sections 2822 and 2822′ can be constructed either curved or rectilinear without modifying the scope of the present invention or producing a different result in terms of divergence of the jets emitted from the respective first and second nozzles 2800 and 2800′.
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[0116] Unlike the version of
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[0118] In addition, the first and second ducts 280 and 280′ are identical, obtained inside the upper portion 28 and are rotated with respect to each other by 180° so that they are polarly symmetrical with respect to the central axis A. In particular, as can be seen in
[0119] Further to the above description, it can be understood that a dispenser shaped like any one of the dispensers 1, 1′, 1″, 1′″ 1″″, therefore provided with two lateral nozzles 2800 and 2800′ arranged on opposite sides of a median plane and, possibly, of a central nozzle 2800′″ inserted in a set comprising a bag S containing medical liquid and a flexible tube CF that connects an outlet BE of the bag S to the dispenser 1 by the sole action of the gravitational force acting on the liquid column, allows, in use, the delivery of two or three jets which remain separate as they move away from the top 12″ of said dispenser 1, 1′, 1″, 1′″ 1″″, allowing integral spraying of the mucosa that covers the entire nasal cavity even when the level of the free surface of the liquid contained in the tank S, and therefore the pressure acting on the washing liquid, drops.