Patent ID: 6135985
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An eyedrop dispenser, comprising an eyedrop bottle with an open mouth, a spout having a funnel closing the mouth and terminating in a discharge port, the funnel having a curved bend region that changes a direction of flow of fluid passing from the mouth to the discharge port, the funnel narrowing in diameter from the mouth to the curved bend region, the eyedrop bottle having a body with a width that is larger that a dimension defined by twice a distance that the curved bend region extends in a radial direction from a center of the mouth to the discharge port, a cap that encloses the spout and is secured to the eyedrop bottle, the eyedrop bottle being made of a flexible material configured so that contents of the eyedrop bottle are forced to enter the spout through the mouth in response to a squeezing of the eyedrop bottle and thereafter are dispensed through the discharge port from the curved bend region.