US 12,280,014 B1
Keyed medication cartridge for use in a handheld oral medication dispensing device
Adam Demurjian, Red Bank, NJ (US); Ravi Sawhney, Malibu, CA (US); Lance Hussey, Simi Valley, CA (US); Michael Kulick, Simi Valley, CA (US); Brian Weingarth, Woodland Hills, CA (US); Josh Probst, Culver City, CA (US); Rajvir Logani, Calabasas, CA (US); Cary Chow, Santa Monica, CA (US); Christianna Bethel, Glendale, CA (US); Craig Steel, El Segundo, CA (US); Michael Schuffert, Chatsworth, CA (US); and John Vernon, Malibu, CA (US)
Assigned to ASPARGO LABORATORIES, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Aspargo Laboratories, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/601,329.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0053 (2013.01) [A61J 7/0015 (2013.01); A61M 11/006 (2014.02); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 2205/276 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6036 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6045 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medication cartridge, comprising:
an elongated cartridge with one or more alignment channels that are formed to align with and receive one or more alignment features of an oral medication dispensing device;
wherein the elongated cartridge includes:
a shell having a dispensing aperture;
a vial slidably positioned within the shell, the vial having a pump assembly with an outlet aligned with the dispensing aperture;
wherein the one or more alignment channels includes a pair of opposing channels formed along the vial;
wherein the shell includes a pair of opposing slots that align with the pair of opposing channels, such that each opposing slot of the pair of opposing slots and each opposing channel of the pair of opposing channels rises lengthwise from a bottom end of the medication cartridge toward a top end of the medication cartridge to a first junction; and
wherein the vial is slidable within the shell between an expanded state and a compressed state, such that when transitioning to the compressed state, the pump assembly is actuated to pump medicine from the outlet and through the dispensing aperture.