Unit-dosing nipple

Abstract

A medicinal container with a general shape of a 'nipple' or 'pacifier' constructed in such a manner that a chamber is formed, said chamber serving as a reservoir for a liquid, oleaginous, semi-solid, or solid medicament or vacuum completely protected by the members of the device from the external environment and in which case, when said device contains a vacuum in said chamber said device must be constructed in a vacuum or subject to vacuum prior to completion of construction and said device containing said vacuum is then to be delivered to an intermediate, such as a pharmacist, for installation of a specific dose of a medicament into said chamber of said device, said installation being accomplished by use of a syringe with needle by inserting said needle through self-sealing injection-port present on said device, but, in any case, when said device is received by the end-user or consumer it contains a medicament, said medicament being isolated from the external environment from the time it is instilled into the device until the device is manipulated to expose two cavities or holes, one hole in the tip of the nipple allowing the medicament to be sucked into the mouth of an infant, child or animal user by the sucking action of the user and the second cavity or hole on the upper portion of the base, opposite the first hole, allowing air to enter the chamber to facilitate the flow of the medicament through the hole in the tip of the nipple as the user exerts sucking action on said nipple.