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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1989
Peter G La Haye, Medina, WA (US);
Peter W Chan, Northridge, CA (US);
La Haye Laboratories, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a dispensing container for dispensing sterile liquid medicament, for example into the eyes, e.g., liquid artificial tears, in which a filter is provided in the dispensing nozzle or in a closure member for the container having pores which are sufficiently small to filter out microorganisms, whereby an antibacterial agent need not be included in the medicament. A cap is provided for the dispensing nozzle, which cap may have an absorbent pad impregnated with an antibacterial agent to maintain the exit port of the dispensing nozzle sterile. The container may also have a filter provided in a vent in a wall thereof, whereby air drawn into the container to replace liquid medicament ejected through the nozzle thereof will be sterilized. The filter preferably comprises a plurality of hollow elongated filter fibers or tubes bent back on themselves and secured in the nozzle or closure member by a suitable potting material, having in any case pores not larger than about 0.2 micron in diameter.