APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS

摘要

An apparatus for dispensing a liquid product having: a) housing or frame having an opening (3a) , b) a receptacle for the liquid with a feed nozzle arranged substantially stationary with respect to the housing or frame, c) a dosing chamber (7) having a valve containing at least a first orifice and a second orifice, d) a mechanism arranged to allow ejection of liquid through the second orifice, and e) a through passage arranged to allow the ejected liquid to pass in a direction different from the feed nozzle and out of the opening (3a) , wherein i) the mechanism comprises a mobile element movable with respect to the housing or frame between at least a first position in which the first orifice of the dosing chamber and the feed nozzle are in flow communication and a second position in which the second orifice and the through passage are in flow communication, and N) the mechanism is arranged to allow aspiration of liquid through the first orifice when the mobile element is in the first position and ejection of liquid through the second orifice when the mobile element is in the second position.