| US 7,455,656 B2 | ||
| Pill delivery system | ||
| Gerard E. Langeler, 150 Cook Hill Rd., Apt. 1207, Woodbridge, Conn. 06410 (US); and Lawrence S. Walters, Jr., 505 Amity Rd., Woodbridge, Conn. 06525 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 26, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/206,134. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/307963, filed on Jul. 26, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0057115 A1, Mar. 27, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—78 [604/77; 604/212] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A system for delivering one or more pills which comprises:
a housing having at least a portion that is flexible and containing, said consumable substance is at least one selected from
the group consisting of: a gel, a paste, a liquid, and other viscous substances, said housing being closed at one end and
opened at the opposite end;
a cap sealingly disposed about said open end, said cap having a surface, said cap having a pill holding region with a concave
recessed portion; and
a plurality of holes or vents disposed in said surface about an outer circumference of a top inside edge of said cap, in said
surface at a bottom of said concave recessed portion of said cap, and in said surface in any region therebetween said top
inside edge of said cap and said concave recessed portion of said cap,
wherein said plurality of holes or vents place said housing in direct fluid communication with said concave recessed portion
of said cap,
wherein said consumable substance may pass from said housing into said pill holding region through all of said plurality of
holes or vents substantially simultaneously, and wherein said pill holding region is sized and shaped to retain said consumable
substance and the one or more pills.
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