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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren R Jewett, Cary, NC (US);
Frederick A Ebeling, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
IEP Group, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820023 ; 12820014 ; 12820312 ; 12820323 ;
Abstract
The disclosure is of a device for indicating the number of fluid dispensations remaining in a container for holding and dispensing metered quantities of the fluid. The device is a hermetically-sealed unit which is assembled with the dispenser portion or component of the container and includes microprocessor means for maintaining an inventory of the doses or dispensations remaining of a predetermined number of dispensations. Indicator means signals when the predetermined number of dispensations reaches a level before empty.