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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Joseph J. Berke, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Charles T. Michael, Troy, MI (US);
Alex Rhodes, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Joseph J. Berke, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Charles T. Michael, Troy, MI (US);
Alex Rhodes, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Berke-Tec, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An eye wash station for administering an eye wash fluid to an eye which has been exposed to a noxious gas, or solid or liquid which can irritate or injure said eye. In a first aspect of the invention, a flexible bag, filled with an eye wash fluid is suspended from a hook or a stand. The flexible bag is operatively connected with a flexible tube to an applicator which is fed by gravity from the bag. The applicator includes a retractor for opening and holding open the eyelids of the eye which is being treated and a valve for controlling the amount of eye wash fluid which is applied to the eye. In second and third aspects of the invention, the applicator is connected with a pressurized water supply. One benefit if the invention is that it is disposable. Another benefit of the first and second aspects is that they are portable.