US 12,263,137 B2
Applicator for oral administration of a swallowable object to a patient
Peter Stangier, Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE); Julius Krause, Greifswald (DE); and Christoph Rosenbaum, Greifswald (DE)
Assigned to ESOCAP AG, Basel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/438,526
Filed by ESOCAP AG, Basel (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056927
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/183003, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19162947 (EP), filed on Mar. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142870 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61J 3/06 (2006.01); A61J 3/07 (2006.01); A61J 3/10 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0046 (2013.01) [A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61J 3/06 (2013.01); A61J 3/07 (2013.01); A61J 3/10 (2013.01); A61M 31/007 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0061 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0216 (2013.01); A61B 2562/162 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator (1) for oral administering of a swallowable object (2), in particular a solid dosage form, to a patient, the applicator (1) comprising:
a housing (3) having a first opening (4) and a second opening (5), the first opening (4) of the housing (3) being configured to be coupled with a liquid reservoir (20), in particular a drinking vessel, and the second opening (5) of the housing (3) being configured such that the patient can drink therefrom, and
a holder (6) disposed within the housing (3) and configured to accommodate the swallowable object (2), the holder (6) being further configured to allow the swallowable object (2) to be conveyed towards the second opening (5) of the housing (3) when liquid (25) is flowing through the housing (3) from the first opening (4) to the second opening (5) of the housing (3),
the holder (6) comprising a holder structure (9-14) being, in particular coaxially, disposed within the housing (3) and configured to accommodate the swallowable object (2), and
the holder structure (9-14) comprising a wall structure (10), the wall structure (10) exhibiting one or more notches, slots and/or recesses (12) allowing a thread or string (17), which is attached to the swallowable object (2) accommodated within the wall structure (10), to be guided from within the wall structure (10) to the outside of the wall structure (10) or vice versa and/or to be coiled around the outside of the wall structure (10).