Patent ID: 6251098
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A compressible medication container for use in delivering fluid medication, said container comprising:first and second opposing flexible walls for defining a variable volume chamber therebetween, said chamber adapted to contain fluid medication;an elongate seam for joining said first and second opposing walls to enclose the chamber therebetween, said seam extending generally in a plane through said container and defining an outer generally circular peripheral configuration of the medication container; andan effluent fluid flow port on the container for providing fluid communication with said chamber, said fluid flow port being integral with said container and having an integral outlet tube extending from said port, said container adapted to be placed in and removed from a compression pump, wherein said container is sufficiently compressible to deliver a unit volume of medication from within said chamber when a force is exerted upon the compressible container by the compression pump.