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The disclosure and prior art relates to holding devices and more particularly pertains to a new holding device for filling a syringe with medication.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a block that has a first well therein to insertably receive a medication bottle. The block has a second well therein to insertably receive a syringe. The first well is aligned with the second well to align the syringe with the medication bottle. In this way a user with limited hand dexterity is assisted to fill the syringe with medication. An adapter is provided to receive a vial. The adapter is removably positioned in the first well thereby facilitating the vial to be aligned with the syringe.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The block 12 has a first end 26, a second end 28 and an outer surface 30 extending therebetween. The outer surface 30 has a top side 32 and bottom side 34 and the first well 14 extends through the top side 32 toward the bottom side 34. The first well 14—is position closer to the second end 28 then the first end 26. The bottom side 34 has an aperture 36 extending into the first well 14 to receive a finger for pushing the medication bottle 16 out of the first well 14.
The second well 24 extends through the top side 32 toward the bottom side 34 and the second well 24 has a first portion 38 that is oriented perpendicular to a second portion 40. The first portion 38 extends through the first end 26 and intersects the first well 14. Moreover, the first portion 38 receives a tube 42 of the syringe 22 when the syringe 22 is placed in the block 12. The second portion 40 is spaced from the first end 26 and is oriented collinear with the first end 26.
The second portion 40 receives wings 44 of the syringe 22 having a plunger 46 of the syringe 22 extending outwardly from the first end 26. In this way the syringe 22 is aligned with the medication bottle 16 and the syringe 22 is inhibited from moving when the plunger 46 is manipulated to draw the liquid mediation into the syringe 22. The top side 32 has a recess 47 and the recess 47 is coextensive with the first end 26 of the block 12. Additionally, the second portion 40 of the second well 24 is positioned in the recess 47. The second portion 40 has a lower bounding surface 49 and the lower bounding surface 49 is concavely arcuate to accommodate a disk in lieu of the wings 44 on the syringe 22.
An adapter 48 is provided and the adapter 48 selectively receives a vial 50. The vial 50 may be contains a liquid medication and the vial 50 may have a fluid capacity that is smaller than a fluid capacity of the medication bottle 16. The adapter 48 is removably positioned in the first well 14 thereby facilitating the vial 50 to be aligned with the syringe 22. The adapter 48 has a primary end 52 and an upper surface 54. The upper surface 54 has a third well 56 extending downwardly therein to insertably receive the vial 50. The third well 56 extends through the primary end 52 and the primary end 52 is aligned with first portion 38 of the second well 24 in the block 12. In this way the adapter 48 facilitates the syringe 22 to draw medication from the vial 50.
In use, the medication bottle 16 is placed in the first well 14 such that the rubber stopper 18 in the medication bottle 16 is aligned with the first portion 38 of the second well 24. The syringe 22 is manipulated to simultaneously insert the needle 20 on the syringe 22 through the rubber stopper 18 and to position the syringe 22 in the second well 24. Thus, each of the medication bottle 16 and the syringe 22 are retained in the block 12 to enhance manipulation for a user with comprised hand dexterity. The block 12 is gripped and the plunger 46 on the syringe 22 is urged outwardly to draw a selected amount of the medication into the syringe 22. The vial 50 is positioned in the adapter 48 and the adapter 48 is positioned in the first well 14 to facilitate the medication to be drawn outwardly from the vial 50.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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