Patent ID: 9440056
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61M,A61P,B05B

Claim Text:
1. A device for dispensing a drug, the device comprising: a case; a spreader for spreading a drug on the skin, the spreader extending out of the case; a container for the drug, the container disposed within the case and including a pump configured to be actuated to deliver the drug to the spreader; and a lock within the case, the lock configured to prevent actuation of the pump when the pump has been actuated to a numerical limit of the lock, wherein the lock includes a dose counter part coupled to the spreader, the dose counter part includes a visual indicator that is visible through an aperture in the case, the dose counter part rotates with axial movement of the spreader into the case, and the rotation of the dose counter part moves the visual indicator within the aperture, and wherein the lock includes a ratcheting part operatively coupled to the dose counter part, the ratcheting part rotates with axial movement of the spreader into the case, the rotation of the ratcheting part rotates the dose counter part, and the ratcheting part is operatively coupled to the dose counter part by one or more intermediate gears.