Surgery – Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer
Patent
1993-12-06
1995-07-18
Asher, Kimberly L.
Surgery
Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer
12820022, 604 54, A61M 1100, A61M 3100
Patent
active
054331919
ABSTRACT:
A medication sprayer (2) is used to spray a liquid medication (110) directly from a vial (4) having a needle pierceable septum (6). The sprayer includes a body (10) reciprocally housing the vial. A spike assembly (60) includes an air inlet spike (66), connected to the ambient environment (108), and a liquid exit spike (68), both piercing the septum. The liquid exit spike is fluidly coupled to a piston/cylinder arrangement (88, 26, 36) having a combination piston/flapper valve (88) at one end of the cylinder (26) and a supplemental check valve (36) at the other end. The vial, spike assembly and piston/flapper valve move in unison to pump liquid through the piston/flapper valve into the cylinder, to pull air into the vial and to pump liquid in the cylinder through the supplemental check valve, past a spray nozzle (44) and into the ambient environment.
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Foster Clark B.
Haber Terry M.
Smedley William H.
Asher Kimberly L.
Habley Medical Technology Corp.
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