The Purdue Frederick Company

Ernest W Pick

Joseph M Denaro

Henry R Goerke

Apparatus for storing and dispensing a medicated douche solution includes a sealed unitary packette as one of its components and which has a predetermined volume of liquid douche concentrate stored within a sealed interior volume defined thereby. The packette is formed of thin flexible plastic material and includes a container portion in which the douche concentrate is stored and a dispenser portion integral with the container portion and which is constituted by an elongated, small diameter tubular stem which has a constant transverse cross-section throughout its length and a separable terminal tip portion. The packette is openable through separation of the terminal tip portion from the dispenser portion whereupon the dispenser portion is inserted through an opening of a bottle containing a diluent so as to extend to a significant extent into the interior thereof. The concentrate is dispensed into the diluent by squeezing the container portion of the packette. An elongate nozzle is then connected to the bottle for subsequent administration of the douche solution.

Apparatus for storing and dispensing liquid douche

A kit for aseptic changing of a dressing such as a catheter dressing includes a disposable tray made of a light plastic sheet material and having a cover sheet adhering thereto and closing depressions in the tray. This cover sheet is removable from the tray so as to render the depressions thereof accessible. In these depressions there are a number of items including packettes of antiseptic germicide solution and ointment, cleansing swabs, and the like, as well as a number of swabsticks, gauze pads, and adherent tape. These items also may include a sheet of drape material, a plastic bag for receiving a previously applied dressing which is removed, and plastic gloves. One of the items included in the tray is a suitable cutting tool, such as a disposable scissors. The tray includes a structure which cooperates with the cutting tool for rendering the latter substantially immovable with respect to the tray so that during transportation and handling of the tray, prior to removable of the cover sheet therefrom, the cutting tool will be incapable of moving about in the tray.

Dressing change kits

A syringe, particularly a vaginal douche, has a cannula consisting of an elongated hollow tubular body having one open end and an opposed transverse end wall formed with an opening through which a central axis of the cannula body extends. The cannula body has substantially midway between its ends a transverse minimum cross section while tapering only slightly from the transverse end wall toward the minimum cross section. Between its open end and its minimum cross section the cannula body tapers to a substantially greater degree and has the configuration of part of a hollow cone. At its exterior between its minimum cross section and transverse end wall the cannula body is formed with grooves uniformly distributed about the central axis of the cannula body and separated from each other by ribs. Adjacent but inwardly of these ribs the cannula body is formed with additional openings passing therethrough so that a liquid can discharge through the cannula openings. At its open end the cannula is internally threaded for attachment to a squeeze bottle.

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Cos Cob, CT, United States of America

Ernest W Pick