Patent ID: 6960183
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A pill or capsule delivery device for ejecting a pill or capsule into an animal's mouth while at the same time injecting a quantity of water into the mouth, comprising: a dispensing head for releasably holding a pill or capsule; and a syringe component including a main barrel for containing a dose of water, a thumb-operable plunger insertable to one end of said main barrel for urging said water forward, a tube in fluid communication with the other end of said main barrel and upon which said dispensing head is distally mounted, said tube being defined by at least one water release hole proximate said dispensing head, a piston slidably mounted in the tube for traversing said at least one water release hole to thereby eject said dose of water, said piston including a push-rod extending toward said dispensing head and movable by water pressure against said piston to protrude into said dispensing head; whereupon thumb-operation of the plunger, said water urges the piston and push-rod forward such that said push-rod ejects the pill/capsule from the dispensing head into the animal's mouth, and when the piston clears said at least one water release hole in the tube said water is jetted out of the water release holes into the animal's mouth, thereby compelling the animal to swallow the pill/capsule.