WO2006020509A1 - Container system - Google Patents
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- WO2006020509A1 WO2006020509A1 PCT/US2005/027872 US2005027872W WO2006020509A1 WO 2006020509 A1 WO2006020509 A1 WO 2006020509A1 US 2005027872 W US2005027872 W US 2005027872W WO 2006020509 A1 WO2006020509 A1 WO 2006020509A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
- B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
- B65D1/023—Neck construction
- B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
- B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
- B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
- B65D47/18—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages for discharging drops; Droppers
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- the present invention generally relates to dropper bottles for dispensing of medicaments in droplet form and is more particularly directed to a container system for dispensing medicaments in less than 100 ml volumes with precise and uniform droplets.
- dropwise container systems have typically included nozzles that are press fitted or otherwise inserted into a neck portion of a squeeze bottle.
- squeeze bottle In operation, squeeze bottle is inverted and manually squeezed by a user to dispense one or more drops through the nozzle.
- the container system When medicament delivery when the medicament is fully dispensed, the container system is typically discarded.
- resilient squeeze bottles often have substantial drop-to-drop volume variation when dispensing one or more drops in volumes of less than 100 ml, particularly in the 10 to 50 ml range.
- This variation may be due to a bubble formation on interior surfaces of the bottle when the bottle is inverted so that drops, particularly eye drop medication, are dispensed unevenly. Such adhered bubbles may be prevalent in square shoulder bottles and nozzles having areas which promote such bubble formation. In addition, in view of the popularity of tamper proof bottles, it is desirable to facilitate the installation of such tamper proof systems.
- a container system in accordance with the present invention generally includes a squeeze bottle of a specific volume having a neck with an open end and a medicament disposed within the bottle.
- a tip fixable to the open end and includes internal tapered nozzle with the nozzle having increased diameter toward a tip opening.
- a cap is provided for removably sealing the tip opening by attachment to the bottleneck.
- the container system in accordance with the present invention may include a tip face surrounding the tip opening with a face width to control the uniformity and size of the droplets formed at the tip opening by squeezing of the bottle.
- the face width may be between about 0.015 inches and about 0.060 inches with the specific volume of the bottle of between about 5 ml and about 15 ml.
- the container system in accordance with the present invention provides droplet sizes between about 10 ml and about 50 ml.
- Figure 1 is a side view of a 5 ml bottle in accordance with the present invention generally showing a neck with an open end and a shoulder formed into the bottle proximate the neck having an angle of between about 45° and 50° to a bottle centerline;
- Figure 2 is a top view of the bottle shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the bottle shown in Figure 2 taken along the line 3-3;
- Figure 4 is an enlarged view of the bottleneck shown in Figures 1 and 3;
- Figure 5 is a side view of a 10 ml bottle in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 6 is a top view of the bottle shown in Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is a cross sectional view of the bottle shown in Figure 6 taken along the line 7-7;
- Figure 8 is a side view of a 15 ml bottle in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 9 is a top view of the bottle shown in Figure 8.
- Figure 10 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 10-10 of Figure 9;
- Figure 11 is a side view of a tip in accordance with the present invention for insertion into the neck of the bottle of the present invention
- Figure 12 is a top view of the tip shown in Figure 11;
- Figure 13 is a bottom view of the tip shown in Figure 11;
- Figure 14 is a cross sectional view of the tip shown in Figure 13 taken along the line 14-14 and showing an internal nozzle and a face surrounding a tip opening;
- FIG. 15 is a side view of another tip in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 16 is a top view of the tip shown in Figure 15;
- Figure 17 is a bottom view of the tip shown in Figure 15;
- Figure 18 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 18-18 of Figure 17 showing a larger face surrounding a tip opening and an internal nozzle;
- Figure 19 is a side view of a cap suitable for closure of the tips and bottles of the present invention.
- Figure 20 is a top view of the cap shown in Figure 19;
- Figure 21 is a bottom view of the cap shown in Figure 19;
- Figure 22 is a cross sectional view of the cap taken along the line 20-22 of Figure 21;
- Figure 23 is a side view of an assembled bottle and cap along with a taper proof seal .
- FIG. 1-3 there is shown a squeeze bottle 10 in accordance with the present invention having a neck 14 with an open end 16, see also Figure 4, which is an enlarged view of the neck 14 of the bottle 10 in accordance with the present invention.
- the bottle 10 may be formed from a suitable material, such as, for example, low-density polyethylene.
- the bottle 10 has a specific volume of 5 ml for containing a medicament 20 suitable for installation into an eye, not shown, by droplet formation, as will be hereinafter discussed in greater detail.
- FIGS 5-7 illustrate a bottle 24 in accordance with the present invention similar to that shown in Figures 1-3 with the bottle 24 having a specific volume of 10 ml and a neck 26 with an opening 28 therein.
- Figures 8-10 illustrate a bottle 32 in accordance with the present invention which has a specific volume of 15 ml along with a neck 34, an opening 36.
- a tip 40 in accordance with the present invention includes a base 42 sized for insertion into the bottleneck opening 16 and includes an internal tapered nozzle 46 having increased diameter toward a tip opening 50.
- each of the bottles 10, 24, 32 include shoulders 50, 52, 54 proximate necks 14, 26, 34 and disposed at an angle of between about 45° and about 50° to bottle centerlines 58, 60, 62, with an angle of 47° in 30 seconds being shown as a specific example.
- This shoulder angle enhances bubbless flow of medicament 20 to the nozzle 46.
- Figures 15-18 illustrate another nozzle 66 in accordance with the present invention including a base 68 sized for insertion into openings 16, 28, 34 and including an internal nozzle 70 similar to the nozzle 46 of the tip 40.
- each include tip faces 72, 74 respectively surrounding openings 50, 80 respectively and having different surface areas, or face widths.
- the face width is about 0.015 inches while with the tip 66 the face width is about 0.060 inches. While only two tips 40, 66 being shown, it should be appreciated that similar tips having different tip face width dimensions are to be considered within the scope of the present invention and taken in combination with various bottle sizes, such as, for example, 5 ml, 10 ml, and 15 ml illustrated by the bottles 10, 24, 32 enable the control dropwise dispensing of medicament 20 with droplet sizes between less than 10 ⁇ l and about 50 ⁇ l, preferably between about 8-12 ⁇ l . A greater face area provides for a larger droplet size.
- a cap 80 formed from a suitable material having internal threads 82 for engaging a neck threads 84, see Figures 1 and 3 for example, and sealing the tip opening 50 with a convex surface 88.
- FIG. 23 An assembled container system 92 is shown in Figure 23 along with a tamper proof seal 96.
- the sloped shoulder 50 facilitates the application of the seal 96 and enables a larger surface of the bottle 10 upper surface 100 to be sealed along with the cap 80 in order to provide a more secure tamper proof seal 96.
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Priority Applications (5)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| JP2007525678A JP2008509852A (en) | 2004-08-11 | 2005-08-05 | Container device |
| BRPI0514302-0A BRPI0514302A (en) | 2004-08-11 | 2005-08-05 | container system |
| EP05779592A EP1776279A1 (en) | 2004-08-11 | 2005-08-05 | Container system |
| CA002576457A CA2576457A1 (en) | 2004-08-11 | 2005-08-05 | Container system |
| AU2005273992A AU2005273992A1 (en) | 2004-08-11 | 2005-08-05 | Container system |
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| US10/916,067 | 2004-08-11 | ||
| US10/916,067 US20060032873A1 (en) | 2004-08-11 | 2004-08-11 | Container system |
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| WO2006020509A1 true WO2006020509A1 (en) | 2006-02-23 |
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| US (1) | US20060032873A1 (en) |
| EP (1) | EP1776279A1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JP2008509852A (en) |
| AU (1) | AU2005273992A1 (en) |
| BR (1) | BRPI0514302A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2576457A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2006020509A1 (en) |
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| TWI765049B (en) * | 2017-05-30 | 2022-05-21 | 日商夏普股份有限公司 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same |
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| EP3105138B1 (en) * | 2014-02-13 | 2019-12-25 | Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH | A tamper-evident closure |
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- 2005-08-05 WO PCT/US2005/027872 patent/WO2006020509A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2005-08-05 CA CA002576457A patent/CA2576457A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2005-08-05 JP JP2007525678A patent/JP2008509852A/en active Pending
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| DE2355057A1 (en) * | 1973-11-03 | 1975-05-07 | Pfizer Gmbh | Bottle dropper insert - has passage tapering outwards towards outlet for drop dispension of e.g. therapeutic fluids |
| FR2622795A1 (en) * | 1987-11-05 | 1989-05-12 | Kerplas Snc | Drip dispenser |
| EP0431885A1 (en) * | 1989-12-08 | 1991-06-12 | LABORATOIRES MERCK, SHARP & DOHME-CHIBRET | A dropper tip for dispensing a liquid, in particular eye drops |
| US20040140319A1 (en) * | 2003-01-22 | 2004-07-22 | Allergan, Inc. | Controlled drop dispensing container |
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| TWI765049B (en) * | 2017-05-30 | 2022-05-21 | 日商夏普股份有限公司 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same |
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| EP1776279A1 (en) | 2007-04-25 |
| CA2576457A1 (en) | 2006-02-23 |
| AU2005273992A1 (en) | 2006-02-23 |
| JP2008509852A (en) | 2008-04-03 |
| US20060032873A1 (en) | 2006-02-16 |
| BRPI0514302A (en) | 2008-06-10 |
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