Dispensing insert for a medicine containment and dispensing system and associated method

US8758322B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ryan McCoy · Falcon Heights, US
• Stacy Abel · Maple Grove, US
• Matthew P. Franks · Austin, US
• Gordon Beecroft · Leola, US
• John A. Vassallo · Lititz, US
• Michael Makhlouf · Lititz, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2203/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dispensing insert is configured to friction fit within a neck of a bottle and to selectively receive an oral syringe. The dispensing insert includes a hollow cylinder, a top plate capping one end of the hollow cylinder, a raised deck extending substantially parallel to and spaced from the top plate, and an annular side wall extending from the top plate upwardly toward the raised deck. The raised deck has a smaller outer diameter than the top plate and defines an opening therethrough configured to provide access to contents of the pharmacy bottle through the dispensing insert. The annular sidewall substantially encompasses an outer perimeter of the raised deck.