Improvements in and connected with receptacles for containing medicines / [Gustav Schirmer].

  • Gustav Schirmer
Date:
1901
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in and connected with receptacles for containing medicines / [Gustav Schirmer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D. 1901 N° 16,657 Date of Application, 19th Aug,, 1901—Accepted, 5th Oct, 1901 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in and connected with Receptacles for Containing Medicines I, Gustav Schirmer, Physician, of 625 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois, one of the United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this inven¬ tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and asceitained in and by the following statement : — 5 This invention relates to a medicament device for ephemeral use, in which a charge of medicine, sufficient for emergency treatment, is contained within a receptacle and a point or pencil sunk therein with its flanged end hermetically sealed to the mouth of the receptacle to act as a closure thereto and to the charge contained therein. ]() In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical central section through a charged and sealed receptacle embodying my invention. Figure 2, also a vertical central section through a charged and sealed receptacle embodying an alternative form of my invention, and 15 Figures 3 to 7 represent various forms of self-loading points adapted for use with said receptacles. At a in Figure 1 and also in Figure 2 are represented receptacles for the medicament. These are made of any suitable material adapted to hold the charge, but not desirably of any expensive character as both receptacle and point- 20 are expected to serve their purpose but once and then be thrown away. The point is indicated by b and in both constructions shown has a flange c and knob or handle by which it may be manipulated. The flange practically closes the mouth of the receptacle, and after the charge has been inserted therein is hermetically sealed thereto as at e to preserve the contents from the deleterious 25 action of the atmosphere, from decomposition and spilling. It serves in practice to shield the medicament from contact with the operator’s fingers and may also serve as a positive stop to limit the introduction of the point into wounds. The receptacle itself is of a size adapted to be carried in the vest pocket. The seal how'ever is liable to harden with time so that unless provision is made to disrupt 30 it the knob is apt to be broken from the point in the effort to break the seal. For this reason, in the preferred form of my invention, shown in Figure 1, I provide the flange c with an upsetting annular knife edge f along its outer perimeter, which cuts into the seal e as the knob is turned and thereby readily removes it. It is obvious however that a single upstanding knife blade may be 35 employed instead of the annular edge. In the bottom of the receptacle of Figure 1, I place a charge g of dry medica¬ ment, closing it off liquid and air tight by a diaphragm insoluble to the fluid that is to be used as a solvent for the dry medicament. This diaphragm may consist of a disk h of innocuous material resting upon the bed of dry medicament, and a 40 seal i of insoluble material, as chrom-gelatin, animal membrane, &c., or the dry medicament may be inserted in a capsule arranged to be punctured, as will be understood from the succeeding paragraph. The receptacle in said Figure 1 is cylindrical from the mouth down for some distance; a solvent fluid j or complement of the dry medicament is enclosed 45 between the diaphragm and the sealed flange of the point. When the seal is broken by the knife edge said point, with its flange, can be pushed down, being [Price 8c?.]